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News and Articles on Glenn Ligon
The Gap turns T-shirts into an art form May 14, 2008
In addition to Close and Koons, participating artists include Marilyn Minter, Kiki Smith, Cai Guo-Qiang, Barbara Kruger, Ashley Bickerton, Kenny Scharf, Glenn Ligon, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Kerry James Marshall, Hanna Liden and Sarah Sze. "We gave them a classic men's or women's T-shirt and told them, 'This is your canvas. Have fun,' " Hansen says. (USA Today -- Life)
The Buzz: Art May 20, 2007
"For the Love of the Game: Race and Sport in African American Art": Exploring issues of race, class, identity, and politics in athletics, this exhibition will present works by 25 prominent contemporary artists, including David Hammons , Glenn Ligon , Howardena Pindell , and Gary Simmons. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, June 1-Nov. (Boston Globe)
Images of political 'Dissent!' on view at Fogg Art Museum Jan 18, 2007
One reads, "Thou shalt admit in public that words such as genius, masterpiece, priceless, seminal, potent, tough, gritty, and powerful are used solely to prop up the myth and inflate the market value of white male artists." Racism remains an enduring theme, as in a photolithograph by Glenn Ligon reproducing his 1988 painting of the words "I am a man," which he took from civil rights protest placards of the '60s. Most recently, the war in Iraq has provoked resistance, albeit not on a Vietnam-era... (Boston Globe -- Living)
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