Stranger #56
2012
Stranger #56
2012
Born in the Bronx, New York, in 1960, the African American Glenn Ligon made a name for himself in the late Eighties with pictures and photo-texts exploring aesthetic, social and political issues about race and sexuality. He appropriated texts and images and explored their various interpretations over time. This work, which belongs to the series of paintings entitled “Stranger”, begun in 1996, makes reference to the essay by James Baldwin, Stranger in the Village, published in 1953. Excerpts from this text, which reflects on the history and status of American black people, are retranscribed here, then covered in coal dust. The coal relates to the insult “coal black”, which Baldwin’s essay recalls to our memory.
| Domain | Peinture |
|---|---|
| Techniques | Bâton d'huile, acrylique et poussière de charbon sur toile |
| Dimensions | 182,9 x 182,9 cm |
| Acquisition | Don de M. Alain Jathière, 2012 |
| Inventory no. | AM 2013-249 |
Detailed description
| Artist |
Glenn Ligon
(1960, États-Unis) |
|---|---|
| Main title | Stranger #56 |
| Series title | Stranger |
| Creation date | 2012 |
| Domain | Peinture |
| Techniques | Bâton d'huile, acrylique et poussière de charbon sur toile |
| Dimensions | 182,9 x 182,9 cm |
| Acquisition | Don de M. Alain Jathière, 2012 |
| Collection area | Arts Plastiques - Contemporain |
| Inventory no. | AM 2013-249 |
Bibliography
Voir la notice sur le portail de la Bibliothèque Kandinsky
Une histoire. Art, architecture, design, des années 1980 à nos jours / sous la dir. de Christine Macel. - Paris : Ed. du Centre Pompidou; Flammarion, 2014 (cit. et reprod. coul. p. 64) . N° isbn 978-2-84426-691-0
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