MCA – Collection: Glenn Ligon, Runaways, 1993

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Images of Glenn Ligon, Runaways

Glenn Ligon, American, b. 1960
Runaways, 1993
Suite of 10 lithographs
Ten parts, each: 16 × 12 in. (40.6 × 30.5 cm); framed: 19 3/4 × 15 11/16 in. (50.2 × 39.8 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of Sandra P. and Jack Guthman, 2000.12.a-j
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Glenn Ligon, American, b. 1960
Runaways, 1993
Suite of 10 lithographs
Ten parts, each: 16 × 12 in. (40.6 × 30.5 cm); framed: 19 3/4 × 15 11/16 in. (50.2 × 39.8 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of Sandra P. and Jack Guthman, 2000.12.a-j
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Glenn Ligon, American, b. 1960
Runaways, 1993
Suite of 10 lithographs
Ten parts, each: 16 × 12 in. (40.6 × 30.5 cm); framed: 19 3/4 × 15 11/16 in. (50.2 × 39.8 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of Sandra P. and Jack Guthman, 2000.12.a-j
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Glenn Ligon, American, b. 1960
Runaways, 1993
Suite of 10 lithographs
Ten parts, each: 16 × 12 in. (40.6 × 30.5 cm); framed: 19 3/4 × 15 11/16 in. (50.2 × 39.8 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of Sandra P. and Jack Guthman, 2000.12.a-j
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Glenn Ligon, American, b. 1960
Runaways, 1993
Suite of 10 lithographs
Ten parts, each: 16 × 12 in. (40.6 × 30.5 cm); framed: 19 3/4 × 15 11/16 in. (50.2 × 39.8 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of Sandra P. and Jack Guthman, 2000.12.a-j
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Glenn Ligon, American, b. 1960
Runaways, 1993
Suite of 10 lithographs
Ten parts, each: 16 × 12 in. (40.6 × 30.5 cm); framed: 19 3/4 × 15 11/16 in. (50.2 × 39.8 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of Sandra P. and Jack Guthman, 2000.12.a-j
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Glenn Ligon, American, b. 1960
Runaways, 1993
Suite of 10 lithographs
Ten parts, each: 16 × 12 in. (40.6 × 30.5 cm); framed: 19 3/4 × 15 11/16 in. (50.2 × 39.8 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of Sandra P. and Jack Guthman, 2000.12.a-j
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Glenn Ligon, American, b. 1960
Runaways, 1993
Suite of 10 lithographs
Ten parts, each: 16 × 12 in. (40.6 × 30.5 cm); framed: 19 3/4 × 15 11/16 in. (50.2 × 39.8 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of Sandra P. and Jack Guthman, 2000.12.a-j
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Glenn Ligon, American, b. 1960
Runaways, 1993
Suite of 10 lithographs
Ten parts, each: 16 × 12 in. (40.6 × 30.5 cm); framed: 19 3/4 × 15 11/16 in. (50.2 × 39.8 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of Sandra P. and Jack Guthman, 2000.12.a-j
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Glenn Ligon, American, b. 1960
Runaways, 1993
Suite of 10 lithographs
Ten parts, each: 16 × 12 in. (40.6 × 30.5 cm); framed: 19 3/4 × 15 11/16 in. (50.2 × 39.8 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of Sandra P. and Jack Guthman, 2000.12.a-j
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

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Exhibitions

The Making of a Fugitive
Sat, Jul 16, 2016–Sun, Dec 4, 2016
1. Short Twenty six black-and-white photographs of Patricia Hearst in four rows, with a letter of the alphabet—from A to Z—in white superimposed over each one.
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Glenn Ligon: Runaways and Narratives
Sat, Oct 14, 2000–Sun, Nov 26, 2000

Programs

Diversity and Contemporary Art: Tania Bruguera, Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Glenn Ligon
Wed, Sep 9, 2009
Talks

Collection

Glenn Ligon, White #11, 1994
Glenn Ligon, Narratives, 1993
1. Short A title page on cream paper with a thin matching frame for the text "The Life and Adventures of Glenn Ligon"
Glenn Ligon, Untitled, 1992
1. Short A framed text, black on white, reads "I feel most colored when I am thrown against a sharp white background". This phrase is repeated and gradually becomes distorted until illegible at the bottom.
2. Long A body of black text is printed on a white rectangle with even borders of white space on all four sides. The text reads "I feel most colored when I am thrown against a sharp white background," repeated without punctuation or line breaks to separate the repetitions. The text is printed in a stenciled font with gritty smudges that become more and more prominent as the text continues, eventually blending with the text at the bottom of the image, rendering it almost illegible. It has a narrow black frame.
Glenn Ligon, Untitled (Study #1 for Prisoner of Love), 1992
1. Short Black stenciled text that reads "WE ARE THE INK THAT GIVES THE WHITE PAGE A MEANING" repeats for twenty-nine lines, gradually becoming distorted until it's almost illegible at the bottom.