{"product_id":"glenn-ligon-work-work-work-work-work-work","title":"Glenn Ligon: Work, Work, Work, Work, Work, Work","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA slipcased overview of artist Glenn Ligon’s recent studio practice, including his painterly elaborations on a James Baldwin essay.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor four decades, New York–based artist Glenn Ligon (born 1960) has explored America’s literature and fraught racial history through works in a few signature mediums such as text-based paintings and neon. This volume, through studio documentation and a new text by fellow artist and New Yorker Gregg Bordowitz, focuses on various aspects of Ligon’s art-making. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGlenn Ligon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e features newer works by the artist, such as a monumental new painting from Ligon’s ongoing \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eStranger in the Village\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e series, begun in 1997. In the series, Ligon renders excerpts from novelist James Baldwin’s 1953 essay of the same name, which describes the writer’s experiences as an African American in a small town in Switzerland. Measuring 45 feet long, this triptych will mark the first time Ligon has used the entire text from Baldwin’s essay in a single work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eAuthor(s): \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eGlenn Ligon and \u003cspan data-width=\"\" class=\"author notFaded\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"contribution\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-color-secondary\"\u003eGregg Bordowitz\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e— \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardcover, \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eHauser \u0026amp; Wirth Publishers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, February 2022\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e304 p, \u003cspan\u003e8.5 × 10 in\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62738633097375,"sku":null,"price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1588\/3167\/files\/81iTH0aThfL._SL1500.jpg?v=1774539140","url":"https:\/\/store.studiomuseum.org\/products\/glenn-ligon-work-work-work-work-work-work","provider":"STUDIO STORE ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}