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Glenn Ligon: A People on the Cover (Paperback)
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Glenn Ligon: A People on the Cover (Paperback)
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Loot Price R548
Discovery Miles 5 480
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In this artist book, celebrated American Conceptual artist Glenn
Ligon traces the representation of Black people on book covers in
the United States, highlighting the deliberate use of typography,
photography and graphics. Best known for appropriating imagery and
text from popular culture, Ligon has selected over 50 book covers -
by both lesser-known and seminal authors, such as James Baldwin,
Norman Mailer and Toni Morrison - to explore a rich and complex set
of histories and representations. To introduce the book, an essay
by Ligon identifies one of the foundation stones of his life and
work: the act of reading. Spanning the twentieth century and
grouped thematically, the covers reveal correspondences between the
past and the present, as well as links between the social and
visual constructs of race, beauty and the body. Published to
coincide with the exhibition Glenn Ligon: Encounters and
Collisions, both co-curated and featuring works by the artist, held
at Nottingham Contemporary (4 April-14 June 2015) and Tate
Liverpool (30 June-18 October 2015).
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