Research Catalog

Glenn Ligon : America

Title
  1. Glenn Ligon : America / Scott Rothkopf ; with essays by Hilton Als [and others] ; and a conversation between Ligon and Thelma Golden.
Published by
  1. New York : Whitney Museum of American Art ; New Haven [Conn.] : Distributed by Yale University Press, 2011.
Author
  1. Rothkopf, Scott, 1976-

Items in the library and off-site

Filter by

Displaying all 2 items

StatusFormatAccessCall numberItem location
Status
Request for on-site useRequest scan

Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.

FormatTextAccessUse in libraryCall numberSc+ G 19-1Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference
Status
Request for on-site useRequest scan

Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.

FormatTextAccessUse in libraryCall numberJQG 12-700Item locationSchwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300

Details

Additional authors
  1. Ligon, Glenn, 1960-
  2. Als, Hilton
  3. Golden, Thelma
  4. Whitney Museum of American Art
  5. Los Angeles County Museum of Art
  6. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
Description
  1. 303 pages : illustrations (some co.), photographs; 32 cm
Summary
  1. American artist Glenn Ligon (born 1960) is best known for his landmark body of text-based paintings, made since the late 1980s, which appropriate the writings of African-American authors such as James Baldwin, Ralph Ellison, and Zora Neale Hurston. This title presents his art, including paintings, photography, sculptural installations, and prints.
Subject
  1. Ligon, Glenn, 1960- -- Exhibitions
  2. Ligon, Glenn, 1960-
  3. African American artists -- Exhibitions
  4. African American painters -- Exhibitions
  5. African Americans in art
  6. Words in art
  7. African American artists
Genre/Form
  1. Exhibition catalogs.
Contents
  1. Glenn Ligon : America / Scott Rothkopf -- Text, subtext, intertext : painting, language and signifying in the work of Glenn Ligon / Okwui Enwezor -- Will answer to the name Glenn / Saidiya Hartman -- Pryor versions / Bennett Simpson -- Me and we / Franklin Sirmans -- Strangers in the village / Hilton Als -- A conversation between Glenn Ligon and Thelma Golden.
Call number
  1. Sc+ G 19-1
Note
  1. Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Mar. 10-June 5, 2011, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, Calif. Oct. 23, 2011-Jan. 22, 2012 and the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Tex. Feb.-May 2012.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-294) and index.
Author
  1. Rothkopf, Scott, 1976- author.
Title
  1. Glenn Ligon : America / Scott Rothkopf ; with essays by Hilton Als [and others] ; and a conversation between Ligon and Thelma Golden.
Publisher
  1. New York : Whitney Museum of American Art ; New Haven [Conn.] : Distributed by Yale University Press, 2011.
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-294) and index.
Added author
  1. Ligon, Glenn, 1960-
  2. Als, Hilton.
  3. Golden, Thelma.
  4. Whitney Museum of American Art.
  5. Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
  6. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth.
LCCN
  1. 2010049417
ISBN
  1. 9780300168471
  2. 0300168470
Research call number
  1. Sc+ G 19-1
  2. JQG 12-700
View in legacy catalog