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BIBLIOGRAPHY

SELECTED EXHIBITION CATALOGS AND GENERAL PUBLICATIONS

2008 Cotter, Holland, "The Topic is Race; The Art is Fearless," The New York Times,
March 30, 2008, pp. 1, 32, ill.
Heartney, Eleanor, Art & Today, published by Phaidon, London, England, 2008,
pp. 226-7, 229, ill.

2007 Fast Forward: Contemporary Collections for the Dallas Museum of Art, published
by the Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas, 2007, p. 317, ill.
Catalogue, Contemporary Drawings From an Alumna's Collection (Martin Yamin,
Class of 1958), published by the Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College, Massachusetts, 2007, p. 66, 67, ill.
2006 Ellipse Foundation: Contemporary Art Collection, published by Ellipse
Foundation Contemporary Art Collection, Cascais, Portugal, Oct 2006, ill.
No. 1: First Works by 362 Artists, edited by Francesca Richer and Matthew
220-1, Rosenzweig, published by D.A.P., 2006, p. 220-1, ill.
Catalogue, Romance (a novel), curated by Adriano Pedrosa, published by
Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal, 2006, pp. 40-1, ills
Catalogue, Dark Places, curated by Joshua Decter, published by Santa Monica
Museum of Art, Santa Monica, California, 2006, p. 11, ill.

2005 Mahon, Alyce, Eroticism & Art, published by Oxford University Press, New York,
NY, 2005, pp. 253-4, ill.
Catalogue, Drawing from the Modern, 1975 – 2005, organized by Jordan Kantor,
published by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, pp. 128, ill.
Catalogue, Glenn Ligon – Some Changes, Toronto: The Power Plant, 2005
Double Consciousness: Black Conceptual Art Since 1970, Houston: The
Contemporary Arts Museum, Essays by Valerie Cassel Oliver
and Franklin Sirmans, p. 44, ill.
Catalogue, Getting Emotional, edited by Nicholas Baume, Boston: Institute
of Contemporary Art, pp. 124-5, ill.
Catalogue, Linkages & Themes in the African Diaspora: Selections from the
Eileen Harris Norton and Peter Norton Art Collections, published by the
Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco, California, 2005, p. 26,
ill.

2004 Nash, Mark, Experiments with Truth, Philadelphia: The Fabric Workshop and
Museum, 2004, pp. 56-9, ills
_____, Text Paintings 1990-2004, Interview with Malik Gaines, published by
Regen Projects, Los Angeles, 2004
Dennison, L. & Spector, N., Singular Forms (Sometimes Repeated): Art from 1951 to the Present, published by the Guggenheim Museum,
p. 158, ill.
Grynsztejn, Madeleine. Supernova: Art of the 1990s from the Logan Collection. San Francisco and New York: SFMoMA and D.A.P, 2004.

2003 Ross, Lauren. Fast Forward: 20 Years of White Rooms, 1983-2003. New York, New York: White Columns, 2003.
Spector, Nancy, et al. Moving Pictures: Contemporary Photography and
Video from the Guggenheim Museum Collections. NewYork: Guggenheim
Museum, 2003.
Tannenbaum, Judith and Marion Boulton Stroud, On the Wall: Wallpaper and
Tableau, Philadelphia: The Fabric Workshop and Museum, 2003.

2001 Als, Hilton & Ligon, Glenn. "Interview." Stranger. New York: Studio Museum In Harlem, 2001.
_____. "The Autonomy of Color, and the Centerless World." Painting at the Edge of the World. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Walker Art Center, 2001, pp. 93-112.
Koestenbaum, Wayne. "Color Me Glenn." Coloring. Minneapolis, MN: Walker Art
Center, 2001.
Morsiani, Paola, Subject Plural: Crowds in Contemporary Art, Houston:
Contemporary Arts Museum, 2001.

2000 Catalogue, Auto Werke, published by Hatje Cantz, with support by BMW
Financial Services North America, essay by Joshua Decter, essay, ills

1999 Carlozzi, Annette DiMeo, "Glenn Ligon," Negotiating Small Truths, Austin: Jack
S. Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas, pp. 70-75, ills
_____. "Memento Vivere," Life Cycles. Leipzig, Germany: Galerie fur
Zeitgenossische Kunst,1999.
English, Darby. "Question Marks and Futures Already Alive: Glenn Ligon and Kara Walker, Together for the First Time." New York: Brent Sikkema Gallery, December 1999.

1998 Golden, Thelma. "Everynight." Unbecoming. Philadelphia: Institute of
Contemporary Art, 1998.
Meyer, Richard. "Borrowed Voices: Glenn Ligon and the Force of Language."
Unbecoming. Philadelphia: Institute of Contemporary Art, 1998.

1997 Kotik, Charlotta. The Evidence of Things Not Seen: Drawings by Glenn Ligon.
Brooklyn, New York: The Brooklyn Museum, 1997.
Sobel, Dean & Ackerman, Marc J., Identity Crisis: Self-Portraiture at the End of
the Century. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Milwaukee Art Museum, 1997.

1996 Cooke, Lynne. "Embodiments." Jurassic Technologies Revenant. Sydney,
Australia: Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1996.
Decter, Josh. Screen, Videocassette. New York: Friedrich Petzel Gallery, 1996.

Ross, David A., Tsai, Eugenie & Drucker, Joanna. Art at the End of the 20th
Century: Selections from the Whitney Museum of American Art. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1996.
Snyder, Jill. In The Flesh. Ridgefield, Connecticut: Aldrich Museum of
Contemporary Art, 1996.
Spahr, P. Andrew, Wolf, Tom & Storr, Robert. Community of Creativity: A
Century of Mac Dowell Colony Artists. Hanover, New Hampshire: New
England University Press, 1996.
Wye, Deborah. Thinking Print: Books to Billboards 1980-1995. New York: The
Museum of Modern Art, 1996.

1995 Bailey, David A. & Mercerf, Kobena. Mirage: Enigmas of Race, Difference and
Desire. London: Institute of Contemporary Arts and Institute of International Visual Arts, 1995.
Herkenhoff, Paulo. "African Diasporas: Glenn Ligon and Fortunato Lopes da
Silva." XI Mostra da Gravura Cidade de Curitiba. Curitiba, Brazil: XI Mostra da Gravura Cidade de Curitiba, 1995.
Sobel, Dean. 25 Americans: Painting in the 90s. Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
Milwaukee Art Museum, 1995.

1994 Castleberry, May & Jay, Ricky. The Magic Magic Book. New York: Whitney
Museum of American Art, 1994.
Decter, Josh. Don't Look Now. New York: Thread Waxing Space, 1994.
Fairbrother, Trevor. The Label Show: Contemporary Art and the Museum. Boston, Massachusetts: Museum of Fine Arts, 1994.
_____. Black Male: Representations of Masculinity in Contemporary American Art. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art,1994.
Krane, Susan, ed. Equal Rights and Justice. Atlanta, Georgia: High Museum of Art and the National Black Arts Festival, 1994.
Rugoff, Ralph. "Transformation Aesthetics." Transformers: The Art of Multiphrenia, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York: Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, 1994.
Thomas, Kendall. "Em Baixo Do Pano, Tudo Pode Acontecer: Glenn Ligon's
Snapshots." Dark O'Clock. Sao Paulo, Brazil and Winnipeg, Canada:
Museu de Arte Moderna de Sao Paulo and Plug In, Inc., 1994.

1993 _____."What's White...?" 1993 Biennial Exhibition. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1993.
Oliva, Achille Bonito, Krim, Mathilde, & Taylor, Elizabeth. Drawing the Line
Against AIDS. New York: American Association for AIDS Research, 1993.
Rosenzweig, Phyllis. Glenn Ligon: To Disembark. Brochure. Washington, D. C.:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 1993.
Schaffner, Ingrid, Simic, Charles, & Caws, Marianne. The Return of the
"Cadavre Exquis." New York: The Drawing Center, 1993.

1992 Brenson, Michael. "The Pressure of Voices." Dream Singers, Story Tellers: An
African-American Presence. Trenton: New Jersey State Museum, 1992.
Colpitt, Frances & Plous, Phyllis. Knowledge: Aspects of Conceptual Art. Santa
Barbara, California: University Art Museum, 1992.

_____. "The Site of Memory." Doubletake: Collective Memory and Current Art.
London: The South Bank Centre, 1992.
_____. Good Mirrors Are Not Cheap. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris, 1992.
Miller-Keller, Andrea. Glenn Ligon/Matrix 120. Hartford, Connecticut: Wadsworth
Atheneum, 1992.
Rose, Bernice. Allegories of Modernism: Contemporary Drawings. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1992.
Solomon-Godeau, Abigail. Mistaken Identities. Santa Barbara, California:
University of California Art Museum, 1992.

1991 Armstrong, Richard, Hanhardt, John G., Marshall, Richard & Phillips, Lisa. 1991 Biennial Exhibition. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1991.
Jones, Kellie & Sokolowski, Tom. Interrogating Identity. New York University:
Grey Art Gallery and Study Center, 1991.


SELECTED ARTICLES AND REVIEWS

2007 Knight, Christopher, "Stencil Work a Nod to Richard Pryor," November 30, 2007,
p. E30, ill.
Machida, Nico, "Degrees of Enchantment," artslant.com, November 4, 2007, ills
Jentleson, Katherine, "Los Angeles: Black Humor," Art + Auction, October 2007,
p. 60, ills
Ligon, Glenn, "My Felix," Artforum, Summer 2007, pp. 125 – 128, ills
Koestenbaum, Wayne and Glenn Ligon, " conversation, "Hotel Blues," Modern
Painters, May 2007, pp. 72-79, ills
Nichols, Matthew Guy, "Ligon's Color Theory," Art In America, March 2007, pp.
154-159, 189, ills

2006 Smith, Roberta, "Menace, Glitter and Rock in Visions of Dystopia," The New York
Times, December 29, 2006, pp. B37, B42, ills
Stocchi, Francesco, "Glenn Ligon: Thomas Dane," artforum.com, November 3,
2006, ill.
Meyer, Richard, "Light It Up, or How Glenn Ligon Got Over," Artforum, May 2006,
cover, pp. 240 – 247, ills
Bezzubov, Sasha, "In the Studio: Glenn Ligon," Art + Auction, January 2006, pp.
40-44, ills

2005 Lynn, Victoria, "Glenn Ligon," ArtReview, October / November 2005, p. 126, ill.
Sandals, Leah, "Glenn Ligon," Flash Art, October 2005, pp. 126-7, ill.ß
Milroy, Sarah, "Black on White: and Brilliant All Over," Globe and Mail, July 5,
2005, p. R1, ill.
Goddard, Peter, "More Thought than Shock," Toronto Star, June 30, 2005, p. G5,
ill.
Demos, T.J., "'Experiments with Truth'," ArtForum, February 2005, p. 167.
Jana, Reena, "Self-Portrait as Stevie Wonder," art on paper, January/February
2005, pp. 38-9, ills

2004 Knight, Christopher, "The canvas speaks volumes," Los Angeles Times, October
8, 2004, p. E20
Ligon, Glenn, "David Hammons and the Poetics of Emptiness," ArtForum,
September, 2004, pp. 242 – 249, ills.
Woodward, Richard B., "Battleground Art Revisiting the Culture Wars in
Cincinnati," The New York Times, September 5, 2004, p. 24 AR
Pollack, Barbara. "What Lies Beneath," Time Out NY, January 1-8, 2004, p. 52, ill.
Pollack, Barbara, "Glenn Ligon at D'Amelio Terras," Art in America, May 2004, pp. 153 – 154, ill.
Burton, Johanna, "Glenn Ligon: D'Amelio Terras," ArtForum, March 2004, p. 184, ill.

2003 _____, "Glenn Ligon," The New Yorker, December 22 & 29, 2003, p. 34
Cotter, Holland. "Cameras As Accomplices, Helping Race Divide America Against Itself," New York Times, December 19, 2003, p. E37, ill.
Firmin, Sandra. "Review." Art Papers, November-December 2003, pp. 48-49, ill.
Gopnik, Blake. "Art and Race, Making a Memorable Appearance." The Washington Post, April 6, 2003, p. G1, ill.
Mirapaul, Matthew. "Artists Cast a Wary but Interested Eye on the Web." The New York Times, March 31, 2003, p. E4.
2000 Brochure, "Glenn Ligon: Circa 1971, '72, or '73," Interview with Brett Littman,
Dieu Donné Lab Grant Program, New York: Dieu Donné Papermill, Inc.,
2004.

2001 Schwabsky, Barry. "Glenn Ligon." Artforum, October 2001.
Honigman, Ana. "Glenn Ligon." Flash Art, July-September 2001, p. 121.
Morgan, Robert C. "Glenn Ligon." Tema Celeste, Summer, 2001, p. 90.
Foret, Claire. "Glenn Ligon's Full Up and Byron Kim's Emptied Out." NY Arts
Magazine, June 2001, p. 79.
Firstenberg, Lauri. "Neo-Archival and Textual Strategies: An Interview with
Glenn Ligon." Art Journal, Spring 2001, pp. 42 - 47.
_____, "Glenn Ligon," The New Yorker, May 28, 2001, p. 25
_____, "Glenn Ligon," The New York Times, May 18, 2001, p. E30
_____. "Glenn Ligon." New York Times, May 11, 2001, p. E35.

1998 Arning, Bill, "Glenn Ligon," Glenn Ligon 98.1, Brochure, San Antonio: ArtPace, A
Foundation for Contemporary Arts, 1998.
Cotter, Holland. "Stories About Race, Politics, and Himself" New York Times
February 1, 1998, pp. 48 – 49, ills
Koestenbaum, Wayne. "Best of 1998." Artforum, December 1998, pp. 100-101.

1997 Haye, Christian. "Sweet Nothings." Frieze, September-October 1997, p. 81.
Meyer, Richard. "Glenn Ligon: The Limits of Visibility." Art + Text, August-October 1997, pp. 32-35.
Ligon, Glenn. "Study for Frankenstein #1 (Study #2)." New Observations, Spring l997.
Schwabsky, Barry. "Glenn Ligon, Brooklyn Museum." Artforum, January 1997.
Ligon, Glenn. "Artist Page." Future, Present, Past. Venice, Italy: 47th Biennale di Venezia, 1997.

1996 Izdat, Sam. "Glenn Ligon." Poliester, Winter 1996-97.
Cotter, Holland, "The Evidence of Things Not Seen: Drawings by Glenn Ligon."
New York Times, October 18, 1996.
Gaines, Charles. "Hotter Than July." Art + Text, October 1996, p. 84.
Tate, Greg. "Bring the Word." Village Voice September 17, 1996.
Davies, Suzanne and Lynne Cooke. "The Biennale Explained." Art Monthly,
September 1996, pp. 7-9.
Conner, Kimberly Rae. "To Disembark: The Slave Narrative Tradition." African
American Review , May 1996, pp. 35-57.
Colby, Joy Hakanson. "Ligon's 'autobiography' packs a powerful punch." Detroit
News, April 18, 1996.
Green, Roger. "Metaphor, Meaning in Slave Symbols." Ann Arbor News, April 27, 1996.
Schjeldahl, Peter. "Screenery." Village Voice, February 13, 1996, p. 77.
Smith, Roberta. "Screen" New York Times February 2, 1996.
Aukeman, Anastasia. "Glenn Ligon at Max Protetch." Art in America February 1996.
Schwendener, Martha. "Glenn Ligon, Max Protetch." Flash Art January-February
1996.
Ligon, Glenn. "Skin Tight." Boxer: An Anthology of Writings on Boxing and Visual Culture. London, England: The Institute of International Visual Arts, 1996.
Ligon, Glenn. "Red Portfolio." Prospect '96. Frankfurt, Germany: Frankfurt Kunstverein, 1996.

1995 Thorson, Alice. "Boxes of Blackness." Kansas City Star December 10, 1995.
_____. "Glenn Ligon." New York Times November 3, 1995.
Burchard, Hank. "Angry Voices, Angry Times, So-So Art." Washington Post October 20,1995, p. 60.
_____. "Choices." Village Voice October 18, 1995.
Levin, Kim. "Art Short List." Village Voice October 18, 1995.
Halle, Howard. "Glenn Ligon, Photos and Notes." Time Out New York October 18 - 25, 1995.
Brody, Jackie. "Glenn Ligon, Skin Tight (1995)." Print Collector's September -
October, 1995.
McQuaid, Cate. "Boxed In: Glenn Ligon talks about Ali, Tyson, and O.J." Boston
Phoenix September 15, 1995.
Masterson, Piers. "Boxer." Art Monthly September 1995, pp. 34-35.
Craddock, Sacha. "Around the Galleries." Times August 8, 1995.
Sladen, Mark. "Black on Black." Art Monthly July-August 1995, pp. 13-15.
_____. "Glenn Ligon." New Yorker July 31, 1995.
Kent, Sarah. "Body Politic." Time Out London May 24 - 31, 1995, p. 49.
Ligon, Glenn. "Memorial." In "If They Built a Memorial to the War in the Streets" by Herbert Muschamp. New York Times Sunday Magazine April 9, 1995.
Nusbaum, Eliot. "Ligon Show Spotlights Art's 'Human Toll.'" Des Moines Register
January 29,1995.
Cork, Richard. "Bigotry Trounced in Show of Wit." Times of London, 1995.
De Brugerolle, Marie. "Get the Picture?." Document, 1995.
Ligon, Glenn, "A Feast of Scraps," The Masculine Masquerade: Masculinity and
Representation, Catalogue, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, pp. 89-99,
ills

1994 Ligon, Glenn. "Narratives." Yale Journal of Criticism Summer 1994.
Ligon, Glenn. "Artist Page." Publicsfear Summer 1994.
Ligon, Glenn. "Artist Page." Documents Summer 1994.
Sundell, Margaret. "On Passing." Documents Summer 1994.
Converse, Elizabeth. "Possible Identities." Artweek May 19, 1994, pp. 24-25.
McEvilley, Thomas. "Dream Singers, Story Tellers." Artforum March 1994.
Ligon, Glenn. "Artist Page." Bomb February 1994.
_____. "Glenn Ligon, Narratives (1993)," The Print Collector's Newsletter January - February, 1994, p. 226.

1993 Pagel, David. "'Everyday' Art." Los Angeles Times December 30, l993.
_____. "Smart Stuff Of One Self." The Washington Post November 26, 1993, p. 73.
Lewis, Jo Ann. "Self-Portrait of the Artist as a Young Black Man." Washington Post November 14, 1993.
Myles, Eileen. "Prints of Words." The Print Collector's Newsletter September
October 1993, pp. 132-135.
_____. "A 24-Hour-a-Day Show on Gaudy, Bawdy 42nd Street." New York Times July 30, 1993.
Hagen, Charles. "When All of New York Is a Gallery to Browse." New York Times June 13, 1993.
Rugoff, Ralph. "Panic in the Tower: Who's Afraid of the Whitney." LA Weekly May 7, 1993.
Myers, Terry R. "Never Yell 'Fire!' in a Crowded Whitney Biennial." New Art
Examiner May 1993.
Cottingham, Laura. "The Pleasure Principal." Frieze May 1993.
_____. "Glenn Ligon, Untitled (Two White/Two Black) (1992)." Print Collector's
Newsletter March-April, 1993.
_____. "At the Whitney, a Biennial with a Social Conscience." New York Times March 5, 1993.
Rosenzweig, Phyllis, "Glenn Ligon: To Disembark," Interview with Glenn Ligon, Directions, published by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C., 1993

1992 Johnson, Ken. "Glenn Ligon at Max Protetch Gallery." Art in America November
1992, p. 131.
______, "Ligon," The Wadsworth Atheneum Bulletin, Interview with Matrix 120,
Autumn 1992.
McNally, Owen. "Beyond Black and White." Hartford Courant August 31, 1992.
_____. "Choices." Village Voice August 11, 1992.
Aletti, Vince. "Choices." Village Voice May 26, 1992.
Gillick, Liam. "Doubletake." Art Monthly March 1992, p. 14-15.
Alemayehu, Louis, Susan Robeson, David Mura, Don Belton, Nancy Roth, Sal
Salerno, and Patrice Koelsch. "Feature." Artpaper February
1992, pp. 13-15.
Knight, Christopher. "An Ambitious Collection of Conceptualism." Los Angeles
Times January 11,1992.

1991 Conley, Kevin. "The Painted Word." Departures December 1991-January 1992.
Harrison, Helen. "Skin Pigmentation as a Determinant of Attitudes." New York
Times December 1, 1991, Long Island edition.
Suznobu, Yoshi. "The Art of Quotation." Marie Claire September 1991, Japanese edition.
Temin, Christine. "Interrogating Identity': The View from 'Outside.'" Boston Globe
August 13,1991.
_____. "The Art of Questioning Identity." Boston Globe August 4, 1991.
Larson, Kay. "Interrogating Identity." New York Magazine July 29, 1991, p. 50.
Smith, Roberta, "'Lack of Location is My Location'," The New York Times, June
16, 1991, ill.
Nesbitt, Lois. "Interrogating Identity." Artforum Summer 1991, p. 115.
_____. "Choices." Village Voice June 18, 1991.
_____. "Lack of Location is My Location." New York Times June 16, 1991.
Harris, Patty. "Artists and 'Minority Identity.'" Downtown May 29, 1991, pp. 22 - 23A.
_____. "Interrogating Identity." New York Times May 17, 1991.
_____. "Interrogating Identity." New Yorker April 29, 1991.
_____. "A Shock to the System." New York Magazine April 29, 1991.
Kimmelman, Michael. "At the Whitney, a Biennial That's Eager to Please." New
York Times April 19, 1991.
_____. "Choices." Village Voice April 16, 1991.
Ligon, Glenn. "Profiles." Third Text Spring 1991.
Ligon, Glenn. "Insert." Parkett 1991.

1990 Faust, Gretchen. "Review." Arts December 1990.