GLENN LIGON, I Am Somebody, 2015
ca 48 x 48 x 26 cm
Tote bag with large purse, tag
edition unknown
published by The Studio Museum Harlem / MZ Wallace, New York, USA
mint condition
very rare
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Glenn Ligon (1960) often incorporates language into his work to examine the ways in which identity and culture are constructed against the backdrop of the nation’s past. He appropriates a diverse range of writing, including literary passages from authors such as James Baldwin, Jean Genet, Gertrude Stein a.o.

Untitled (I Am Somebody) references the title of a poem written in the 1950s by civil rights activist Reverend William Holmes Borders and popularized by Reverend Jesse Jackson. Glenn Ligon used the print Untitled (I Am Somebody) for this object, having it placed on an MZ Wallace Metro Tote bag.