Curated by Wayne Baerwaldt and Thelma Golden

Glenn Ligon has long demonstrated an omnivorous taste for words and images by the likes of Richard Pryor and Adrian Piper. However, this midcareer survey of more than fifty works spanning two decades traces Ligon’s penchant for gobbling up and reevaluating his own earlier output. Condition Report, 2000, for example, is based on a conservator’s assessment of a painting from twelve years before, while other works find Ligon meditating more generally on the theme of revision. A catalogue with contributions by Wayne Koestenbaum and Mark Nash, among others, promises to shed light on Ligon’s conspicuous self-consumption.

Travels to the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Jan. 14–Apr. 2, 2006; Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Sept. 30–Dec. 31, 2006; and other venues.

— Scott Rothkopf