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Glenn Ligon Biography
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1980 |
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Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI
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1982 |
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B.A. Wesleyan University Middletown, CT
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1985 |
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Whitney Museum Independent Study Program New York, NY
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Lives and works in New York
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2011
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Glenn Ligon: America, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
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2008
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The Wizard of Oz, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA
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2007
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Sparkle Then Fade, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington, Sparkle Then Fade, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington
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2007
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Mario Testino: At Home, Yvon Lambert, New York, NY
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2007
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What is Painting? Contemporary Art from the Collection, Museum of Modern Art, NY
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2007
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Substance & Surface, Bortolami Gallery, New York, NY
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2007
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Glenn Ligon, Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA
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2007
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Contemporary Art from the Harvard University Art Museums Collections, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard, Cambridge, MA
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2007
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Repicturing the Past/Picturing the Present, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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2007
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Lines, Grids, Stains, Words, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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2007
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Art Unlimited, Regen Projecst at Art Basel 38, Switzerland
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2007
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Art in America, Now, Museum of Contemporary Art, ShanHai, China
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2007
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Paper: from the collection of Emily Fisher Landau, curated By Bill Katz, The Fisher Landau Center for Art, Long Island, New York, NY
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2007
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Remix Identity and Abstraction, Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo
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2007
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Learn to Read [working title], curated by Vincent Honoré and Maeve Polkinhorn, Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom
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2007
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Novel Readings, curated by Florencia Malbrán, Bard Center for Curatorial Studies, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, NY
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2007
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Fast Forward: Contemporary Collections for the Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas; cat.
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2006
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Glenn Ligon: Brilliant Corners, Thomas Dane Gallery, London, England
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2006
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We Had Everything Before Us, We Had Nothing Before Us, Yvon Lambert, Paris, France (solo)
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2006
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Glenn Ligon, Grossman Gallery at Lafayette College, Easton, PA
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2006
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Defamation of Character, organized by Neville Wakefield, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York
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2006
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Voodoo Macbeth, curated by David A. Bailey, De La Warr Pavilion, East Sussex, England
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2006
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Yes Bruce Nauman, Zwirner & Wirth, New York, NY
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2006
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Gifts go in one direction, curated by Alexander Nagel, apexart, New York, NY
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2006
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SUBJECT, Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, Connecticut
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2006
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Invitational Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
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2006
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Dark Places, Santa Monica Museum of Modern Art, Los Angeles, CA
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2006
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Skin Is a Language, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York
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2005
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A Brief History of Invisible Art, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA, Linkages and Themes in the African Diaspora, Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco, CA
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2005
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Looking at Words: The Formal Presence of Text in Modern Contemporary Works on Paper, conceived by Barbaralee Diamonstein- Spielvogel, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
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2005
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Glenn Ligon: Some Changes, The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada; travels to the Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, TX; The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh; Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio; Belkin Art Galery, Vancouver, Canada; Mudam – Foundation Musee d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg; catalogue
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2005
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Collective Histories / Collective Memories: California Modern, Orange County Museum of Modern Art, Newport Beach, CA
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2005
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Drawing from the Modern, 1975 - 2005, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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2005
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ROMANCE (a novel), curated by Adriano Pedrosa, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal; cat.
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2005
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A Thousand Words, Inman Gallery, Houston, Texas
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2005
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Getting Emotional, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts
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2005
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Double Consciousness: Black Conceptual Art Since 1970, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, organized by Valerie Cassel Oliver
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2004
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Open House, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
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2004
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Singular Forms (Sometimes Repeated), Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, curated by Nancy Spector
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2003 - 2004
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Only Skin Deep: Changing Visions of the American Self, International Center of Photography, New York, NY, curated by Coco Fusco and Brian Wallis; travels to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
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2003 - 2004
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Supernova, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
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2003
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Going There, DAmelio Terras, New York, NY
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2003
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Annotations, Dia Center for the Arts, New York, NY, online project
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2003
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Fast Forward: Twenty Years of White Rooms, White Columns, New York, NY (catalogue)
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2003
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Stranger in the Village, Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY, organized by the Museum of Modern Art, NY
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2003
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Influence, Anxiety, and Gratitude (Toward and understanding of trans-generational dialogue as a gift economy), MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA, curated by Bill Arning
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2002
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LIFE DEATH LOVE HATE PLEASURE PAIN: Selected works from the MCA Permanent Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
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2002
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Drawings of Choice from a New York Collection, Krannert Art Museum University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, curated by Joself Helfenstein: traveled to Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR; Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA; Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME; Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH.
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2002
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Recent Acquisitions, Fonds Régional d¹Art Contemporain, Reims, France
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2002
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Documenta XI, Kassel, Germany, curated by Okwui Enwezor
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2002
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Glenn Ligon, Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA
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2001
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Colored, D¹Amelio Terras, New York
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2001
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Portraits and Not-Portraits, Kunstverein Munich, Germany
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2001
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Stranger, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY (catalogue)
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2000
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Coloring: New Work, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN (catalogue)
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2000
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Currents 81, St. Louis Art Museum St. Louis, MO
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2000
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Points of Reference, Fredrick Hayes, Addison Gallery of American Art Andover, MA
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2000
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Good Business is the Best Art, The Bronx Museum of Art New York, NY
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1999
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The American Century: Art and Culture 1900-2000, , Whitney Museum of American Art New York, NY
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1999
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Other Narratives: Fifteen Years, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, TX
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1999
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Contemporary Narratives in American Prints, , Whitney Museum of American Art at Champion Stamford, CT
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1998
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Núcleo Historico, XXIV Bienal de Sao Paulo Sao Paulo, Brazil
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1998
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Glenn Ligon: Unbecoming, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
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1998
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Glenn Ligon, ArtPace San Antonio, TX
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1997
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Glenn Ligon: Day of Absence, Ezra and Cecile Zikha Gallery Middletown, CT
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1997
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Coming of Age, White Columns New York, NY
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1997
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Sunny Days/Critical Times, The Bohen Foundation New York, NY
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1996
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The Evidence of Things Not Seen: Drawings by Glenn Ligon, Brooklyn Museum of Art Brooklyn, NY
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1995
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Photos and Notes, Max Protetch Gallery New York, NY
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1995
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Skin Tight, MIT List Visual Arts Center Cambridge, MA
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1995
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In The Flesh, Aldrich Museum of American Art Ridgefield, CT
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1995
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Fag-o-Sites, Gallery 400 Chicago, IL
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1994
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Duchamp's Leg, Walker Art Center Minneapolis, MN
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1994
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New Paintings, Max Protetch Gallery New York, NY
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1994
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Project Room, Ruth Blum Gallery Santa Monica, CA
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1993
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White, Max Protetch Gallery New York, NY
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1993
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Good Mirrors Are Not Cheap, Whitney Museum of American Art at Phillip Morris New York, NY
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1992
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Glenn Ligon, Max Protetch Gallery New York, NY
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1991
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Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Musuem of American Art New York, NY
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1985
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Open Studio, Whitney Musuem Independant Study Program New York, NY
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| Literature |
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2001
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Firstenberg, Lauri. 'Neo-Archival and Textual Strategies: An Interview with Glenn Ligon.' Art Journal Spring 2001: 42 - 47.
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2001
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Koestenbaum, Wayne. 'Color Me Glenn.' Coloring. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Walker Art Center, 2001.
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1999
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English, Darby. 'Question Marks and Futures Already Alive: Glenn Ligon and Kara Walker, Together for the First Time.' New York: Brent Sikkema Gallery. December, 1999.
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1998
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Golden, Thelma. 'Everynight.' Unbecoming. Philadelphia: Institute of Contempory Art, 1998.
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1998
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Cotter, Holland. 'Stories About Race, Politics, and Himself.' New York Times December 2, 1998. 48-49.
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