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Glenn Ligon: Distinguishing Piss from Rain: Writings and Interviews

Glenn Ligon: Distinguishing Piss from Rain: Writings and Interviews

Ligon, Glenn
Hoff, James
Lax

Paperback

Art Criticism & TheoryIndividual Artists

Publisher Price: $38.00

ISBN10: 3906915883
ISBN13: 9783906915883
Publisher: Hauser & Wirth Publishers
Published: Aug 13 2024
Pages: 400
Weight: 1.60
Height: 1.30 Width: 6.50 Depth: 9.30
Language: English

An expansive volume featuring over two decades of incisive reflections on race, art and pop culture by one of the greatest artists working today

This long-awaited and essential volume collects writings and interviews by Glenn Ligon, whose canonical paintings, neons and installations have been delivering a cutting examination of race, history, sexuality and culture in America since his emergence in the late 1980s. No stranger to text, the artist has routinely utilized writings from James Baldwin, Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Pryor, Gertrude Stein and others to construct work that centers Blackness within the historically white backdrop of the art world and culture writ large. Ligon began writing in the early 2000s, engaging deeply with the work of peers such as Julie Mehretu, Chris Ofili and Lorna Simpson, as well as with artists who came before him, among them Philip Guston, David Hammons and Andy Warhol. Interweaving a singular voice and a magical knack for storytelling with an astute view of art history and broader cultural shifts, this collection cements Ligon's status as one of the great chroniclers of our time.

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