Throughout his career, the artist Glenn Ligon (b. 1960) has been deeply engaged with the written word: his artworks are full of painted, drawn, sculpted, photographed, and printed text. In recent years, Ligon has also emerged as a prolific writer. His articles and critical essays have appeared in ex[...]

An illustrated examination of Glenn Ligon's iconic Untitled (I Am a Man) (1988) -- a quotation, an appropriated text turned into an artifact.The iconic work Untitled (I Am a Man) (1988) by the important contemporary American artist Glenn Ligon is a quotation, an appropriated text turned into an ar[...]