Debris Field / Notes for a Poem on the Third World / Soleil Negre
Glenn Ligon
Catalogue of the American artist's exhibition at Galerie Chantal Crousel: the publication presents a series of new works (neon, painting, drawing) inspired by texts by Gertrude Stein and Pier Paolo Pasolini, and by the artist's reflections on language, race and gender. The book includes poems by writer, artist and Act Up activist Gregg Bordowitz, and an essay by teacher and writer Sara Nadal-Melsio.
The publication presents a series of new works by Glenn Ligon, including two figurative neon lights and eleven silkscreen paintings. It also features ten drawings inspired by Gertrude Stein's Three Lives and seven poems from Debris Field, composed by writer, artist and Act Up activist Gregg Bordowitz. Ligon's emblematic and historical work provides an artistic reading on today's social issues in the United States.
Published on the occasion of the eponymous exhibition at Galerie Chantal Crousel, from September 8 to October 4, 2018.
les presses du réel
2018
Softcover
21 x 28 cm
96 pages
£40
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Glenn Ligon
Catalogue of the American artist's exhibition at Galerie Chantal Crousel: the publication presents a series of new works (neon, painting, drawing) inspired by texts by Gertrude Stein and Pier Paolo Pasolini, and by the artist's reflections on language, race and gender. The book includes poems by writer, artist and Act Up activist Gregg Bordowitz, and an essay by teacher and writer Sara Nadal-Melsio.
The publication presents a series of new works by Glenn Ligon, including two figurative neon lights and eleven silkscreen paintings. It also features ten drawings inspired by Gertrude Stein's Three Lives and seven poems from Debris Field, composed by writer, artist and Act Up activist Gregg Bordowitz. Ligon's emblematic and historical work provides an artistic reading on today's social issues in the United States.
Published on the occasion of the eponymous exhibition at Galerie Chantal Crousel, from September 8 to October 4, 2018.
les presses du réel
2018
Softcover
21 x 28 cm
96 pages
£40
Enquire