Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth (Venue Partner)
3200 Darnell Street
817.738.9215
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"Self Portrait", 1996. Image courtesy of the artist. © Glenn Ligon.
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Feb 12 – June 3
Daily (10am–5pm)
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$10 / $4 Students & Seniors
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“Glenn Ligon is a puncher. Not because he's occasionally treated punching bags like canvasses, but because he relentlessly puts out work that slaps you upside the head, or simply leaves you dazed and impacted. The artist is probably best known for stenciled, text-heavy work that references everything from slave narratives to Richard Pryor jokes, but in his "mid-career" retrospective, we see a full range of ambitious works. There are painted doors; huge neon works like "Negro Sunshine;" sculptural packing-crate pieces like "Henry Box Brown;" coal-dust drawings; and more recent works from the Colorings series. Then there are those punching bags that are metaphors for American society and black men. It lands like boom.”
Wyatt Closs, Flavorpill
This is the first comprehensive midcareer retrospective of Glenn Ligon (b. 1960), who is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential American artists to have emerged in the past two decades. The exhibition features roughly 100 works, including paintings, prints, photography, drawings, and sculptural installations, as well as striking recent neon reliefs. The retrospective also debuts previously unexhibited early works that shed light on Ligon's artistic origins, and for the first time reconstitutes major series, such as the seminal "Door" paintings that launched the artist's career.
