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    Artwork Survey: 2000s

    Glenn Ligon
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    • Love and Theft
      installation view
      2008

      Installation view at Power House, Memphis, Tennessee, March 22–May 31, 2008

      Photo: Robin Salant

      © Glenn Ligon

    • Malcolm X (Version 1) #1
      2000
      Vinyl-based paint, silkscreen ink, and gesso on canvas
      96 × 72 inches
      Collection of Michael and Lise Evans

      Photo: Dan Dennehy

      © Glenn Ligon

    • Boy on Tire (Version 1) #1
      2000
      Silkscreen ink, oil stick, and gesso on canvas
      48 × 36 inches
      Collection of Marieluise Hessel

      Photo: Adam Reich

      © Glenn Ligon

    • Boys with Basketball, Harriet Tubman, Salimu, Letter B #3
      2001
      Oil crayon and silkscreen on paper
      23 × 16 1/2 inches
      Collection of Gregory R. Miller, New York

      Photo: Adam Reich

      © Glenn Ligon

    • Untitled (Conclusion)
      2004
      Oil stick, synthetic polymer, oil, coal dust, glue, and graphite on canvas in two parts
      90 × 144 inches overall
      Collection of Jill and Peter Kraus

      Photo: Joshua White

      © Glenn Ligon

    • In My Neighborhood #1
      2004
      Oil and acrylic on canvas
      32 × 32 inches

      Photo: Joshua White

      © Glenn Ligon

    • When Black Wasn't Beautiful #1
      2004
      Oil and acrylic on canvas
      30 × 30 inches
      Collection of Susan Hancock

      Photo: Dennis Cowley

      © Glenn Ligon

    • Palindrome #1
      2007
      Neon
      8 × 105 inches

      © Glenn Ligon

    • Untitled (America)
      2008
      Neon and paint
      24 × 168 inches
      Rubell Family Collection

      © Glenn Ligon

    • Stranger #41
      2007-09
      Oil stick, gesso, and graphite on canvas
      96 × 72 inches
      Collection of the artist

      Photo: Ronald Amstutz

      © Glenn Ligon

    • Stranger #41
      detail
      2007-09
      Oil stick, gesso, and graphite on canvas
      96 × 72 inches
      Collection of the artist

      Photo: Ronald Amstutz

      © Glenn Ligon

    • The Death of Tom
      2008
      16mm black and white film/video transfer
      23 minutes

      Installation view of Off Book, Regen Projects II, Los Angeles, California, December 12, 2009–January 23, 2010

      Photo: Brian Forrest

      © Glenn Ligon

    • Figure #20
      2009
      Acrylic, silkscreen, and coal dust on canvas
      60 × 48 inches

      Photo: Fredrik Nilsen

      © Glenn Ligon

    • Figure #21
      2009
      Acrylic, silkscreen, and coal dust on canvas
      60 × 48 inches

      Photo: Fredrik Nilsen

      © Glenn Ligon

    • Warm Broad Glow II
      2011
      Neon, paint, and powder-coated aluminum
      29 × 242 inches (73.7 × 614.7 cm) Edition of 3, 2 AP

      Installation view, Glenn Ligon: AMERICA, Whitney Museum of American Art, March 10–June 5, 2011

      © Glenn Ligon

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