Glenn Ligon Schwarzmannstrasse 2001 Graphite on paper. 28 5/8 x 40 in. (72.7 x 101.6 cm.) Signed, inscribed and dated "Glenn Ligon, Munich 2001" on the reverse.
Provenance D'Amelio Terras, New York Exhibited New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Glenn Ligon America, March 10 - June 5, 2011, this exhibition later traveled to Los Angeles County Museum of Art, October 23, 2011 - Janurary 22, 2012 and Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, February - May 2012 (similar example exhibited) Literature J. Brest, ed., Glenn Ligon America, New Haven 2011, p. 43, pl. 97, p. 268 (similar example illustrated) Catalogue Essay Ligon made great strides in his [artwork] when serving a residency in Germany in 2001 [his first trip to Europe]. His host foundation unwittingly lodged him on Schwarzmannstrasse (Black Man’s Street), a coincidence he captured in a rubbing of the street sign and one that would have reinforced his empathy toward Baldwin’s experience as a black man abroad. When the United States launched its offensive that year in Afghanistan, Ligon remembers being perceived more as an American than as a black man, a distinction with which [James} Baldwin, too, had grappled. (J. Brest, ed., Glenn Ligon America, New Haven, 2011, p. 43) Read More
Glenn Ligon Schwarzmannstrasse 2001 Graphite on paper. 28 5/8 x 40 in. (72.7 x 101.6 cm.) Signed, inscribed and dated "Glenn Ligon, Munich 2001" on the reverse.
Provenance D'Amelio Terras, New York Exhibited New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Glenn Ligon America, March 10 - June 5, 2011, this exhibition later traveled to Los Angeles County Museum of Art, October 23, 2011 - Janurary 22, 2012 and Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, February - May 2012 (similar example exhibited) Literature J. Brest, ed., Glenn Ligon America, New Haven 2011, p. 43, pl. 97, p. 268 (similar example illustrated) Catalogue Essay Ligon made great strides in his [artwork] when serving a residency in Germany in 2001 [his first trip to Europe]. His host foundation unwittingly lodged him on Schwarzmannstrasse (Black Man’s Street), a coincidence he captured in a rubbing of the street sign and one that would have reinforced his empathy toward Baldwin’s experience as a black man abroad. When the United States launched its offensive that year in Afghanistan, Ligon remembers being perceived more as an American than as a black man, a distinction with which [James} Baldwin, too, had grappled. (J. Brest, ed., Glenn Ligon America, New Haven, 2011, p. 43) Read More
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