"Aquafix" is represented in the collections at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Museum of Modern Art (New York)
scraping and layering colours over top of each other
the artist began to produce a new body of work
Today these drawings are paradigms of his creative genius and his ability to convey complex emotional images with a stylistic simplicity as a master draftsman
"Stretch #30" is a smaller gem and the last canvas created in the series
GLENN LIGON "BLACK TREE" LITHOGRAPH, 2005 Contemporary art Toronto "Aquafix" is represented in theGlenn 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,