istmos:Glenn Ligon, “I Found My Voice”, 1990“Glenn Ligon, who generally appropriates 20th century Af
istmos:Glenn Ligon, “I Found My Voice”, 1990“Glenn Ligon, who generally appropriates 20th century African American literary figures in his hand-stenciled text paintings, uses his own invented text in I Found My Voice. The statement is profound in the way Ligon isolates sections of the phrase. It grows messier and the text becomes harder to see and understand, conjuring the way moments of progress for the black community and acts of self determination have often collapsed into racial injustice” -- source link