Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Art Glenn Ligon Wins Studio Museum's 2009 Wein Artist Prize
Posted by Benjamin Sutton on Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 1:17 PM
Ligon, who was born in the Bronx and is based in New York, uses text, typography and neons in ways reminiscent of Jasper Johns and Bruce Nauman, but with pointedly racialized themes. His work flows swiftly between a kind of biting, sarcastic humor, aggression and confrontation, keeping viewers a little on edge even as they laugh at his punchy neons. Ligon hasn't been the subject of a solo show in New York since 2001, but his work will be featured in the show 30 Seconds of an Inch, which opens next week at the Studio Museum.
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