Glenn Ligon

This exhibition brings together works on paper by Glenn Ligon, which explore how constructions of blackness in the United States infuse popular culture, literature and history.

The artworks engage the entangled histories of race, literature, and culture, with a broad range of references from slave narratives to children’s coloring books.

Together, they poignantly articulate the role of language and popular culture in the structuring of the self—and society—in both the past and present.

All works in this exhibition are editions from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation.

Featured Artwork: Glenn Ligon, Warm Broad Glow - reversed, 2007, Photogravure aquatint on Somerset paper, S. 24.5 x 35.5 inches 62.2 x 90.2 cm I. 16 x 26.5 inches 40.6 x 67.3 cm, Edition of 35 with 10 APs; © Glenn Ligon, Courtesy of the artist, Hauser & Wirth, New York, Regen Projects, Los Angeles, Thomas Dane Gallery, London, and Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris.