Artists of The Living Years: Glenn Ligon

Glenn Ligon Speaking to Hilton Als

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 14:38:50 -0400

Title	Glenn Ligon Speaking to Hilton Als
Author	Courtney Gerber

untitled

Glenn Ligon — Sat, 01 Jun 1991 00:00:00 -0400

Title	untitled
Artist	Glenn Ligon
Date	1991
Institution	Walker Art Center
Location	Not on view.

handwritten menu card for an event with Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane. Image side of card lists skin "colors" in black block letters

Rumble Young Man Rumble (Version #2)

Glenn Ligon, Byron Kim — Tue, 01 Jun 1993 00:00:00 -0400

Title	Rumble Young Man Rumble (Version #2)
Artist	Glenn Ligon, Byron Kim
Date	1993
Institution	Walker Art Center
Location	Not on view.

Punching bag covered with text by Muhammad Ali. Text reads: "Everything that the so-called Negro do in America seem to be the best, the greatest. So what's wrong with him saying he is the greatest when everything in America that has been painted and colored white. Like, Jesus is white. Santa Claus is white. Tarzan, King of the Jungle, he's white. miss Universe is white. Miss World is white. When you go to Heaven you walk on a milky white way. Before you go to Heaven you walk on a milky white way. Before you go to Heaven you washed in lamb's blood, he's white as snow, they say. They teach us in T. V. commercials: there's White House Cigars, White Swan Soap, White Cloud Tissue Paper, White Rain Hair Rinse, White Tornado Floor Wax. Everything seems to be white: I'm dreaming of a white Christmas; angel hair is white; angel food cake is white and devil's food cake is dark; and Mary had a little lamb, his fleece was white as snow. So everything the greatest so far has been white and these are just falsehoods of white supremacy. So now that we have a man in America today, Elijah Muhammad, who teaches us that we are the greatest, and it is a fact they cannot prove that we are not the greatest, so I don't see why the need for commotion and the trouble over people are saying that they're the greatest, what's wrong with that? So if you the greatest, you just the greatest until proven wrong."

Rumble Young Man Rumble (Version #2)

Glenn Ligon, Byron Kim — Tue, 01 Jun 1993 00:00:00 -0400

Title	Rumble Young Man Rumble (Version #2)
Artist	Glenn Ligon, Byron Kim
Date	1993
Institution	Walker Art Center
Location	Not on view.

Rumble Young Man Rumble (Version #2)

Glenn Ligon, Byron Kim — Tue, 01 Jun 1993 00:00:00 -0400

Title	Rumble Young Man Rumble (Version #2)
Artist	Glenn Ligon, Byron Kim
Date	1993
Institution	Walker Art Center
Location	Not on view.

An interview with Muhammad Ali, 1974

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 14:38:51 -0400

Title	An interview with Muhammad Ali, 1974
Author	Courtney Gerber

Self-Portrait at Eleven Years Old

Glenn Ligon — Tue, 01 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0400

Title	Self-Portrait at Eleven Years Old
Artist	Glenn Ligon
Date	2004
Institution	Walker Art Center
Location	Not on view.

A benday dot image of Stevie Wonder from a record album cover for the 1970"s

Self-Portrait at Eleven Years Old

Glenn Ligon — Tue, 01 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0400

Title	Self-Portrait at Eleven Years Old
Artist	Glenn Ligon
Date	2004
Institution	Walker Art Center
Location	Not on view.

A benday dot image of Stevie Wonder from a record album cover for the 1970"s

Untitled (Crowd/The Fire Next Time)

Glenn Ligon — Thu, 01 Jun 2000 00:00:00 -0400

Title	Untitled (Crowd/The Fire Next Time)
Artist	Glenn Ligon
Date	2000
Institution	Walker Art Center
Location	Not on view.

A quote from James Baldwin in coal dust over a screenprinted image of the Million Man March

Ligon and the Million Man March

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 14:38:52 -0400

Title	Ligon and the Million Man March
Author	Courtney Gerber

untitled [Black Like Me] from Narratives