GLENN LIGON "BLACK TREE" LITHOGRAPH, 2005Glenn Ligon's (b. 1960) practice is rooted in the examination of Black Identity within the context of American history, literature, and societal structures. His artworks build on the legacies of abstraction and conceptual art. He is best known for his text based works, which include elements from protest signs and writings by prominent African American writers (such as James Baldwin, Zora Neale Hurston, and Ralph Ellison). By densely layered letters,

“Feet” is one of many works where negative space and framing are used to conceal the subject’s identity

While McGinley established his reputation with joyful images of youth

Nevelson almost entirely avoids color

Glicée print

As with the other works in this series

Rendered in high contrast

despite his possible ambivalence to the subject matter

a collector loaned their Vermont country house to the artist

is made of Jerusalem Stone

Susan Sheehan Gallery

He came to prominence in the 1990's as both a YBA (Young British Artist) and the scandal surrounding his painting "The Holy Virgin Mary" exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum in 1999

“Tangerine Slice” features Vasa's signature