Glenn Ligon, Notes for a Poem on The Third World (chapter two), 2018, neon and paint, 210.8 x 141 cm, edition of 5 + 2 AP. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris. Photo : Florian Kleinefenn
Maria & Alberto De La Cruz Art Gallery, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA
Glenn Ligon (American b. 1960; lives New York City) is one of the most prominent voices in contemporary art. This exhibition features works from some of his best-known series, accompanied by labels written by the artist himself. Ligon’s engagement with language, examination of the African American experience, and the influence of his muses, including artist Andy Warhol (1928 ̶ 1987) and author/social critic James Baldwin (1924-1987), take center stage. A Baldwin quote forms the exhibition’s title and speaks to the show’s central concept, described by Ligon as “the invisibility and simultaneous hypervisibility of black people in America.”
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