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Lot Essay
Coming and Going was created in the lead-up to the Rhapsodies in Black: Art of the Harlem Renaissance exhibition, which launched at the Hayward Gallery, London, in 1997 before touring within the UK and then on to the USA.
The American based artist Glenn Ligon was invited to London by the co-curator David A. Bailey to create a new body of work and Ligon embarked on a public art project entitled Glenn Ligon: From Brixton to the South Bank. Ligon collaborated with other artists - including the British artist Yinka Shonibare - at the London Printworks to create a series of banners that would line the route from Brixton to the Hayward in order to investigate and link the issues that drove the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s to the current day.
This edition was given by the artist to team members at the London Printworks in order to thank them for their help on the project.
The American based artist Glenn Ligon was invited to London by the co-curator David A. Bailey to create a new body of work and Ligon embarked on a public art project entitled Glenn Ligon: From Brixton to the South Bank. Ligon collaborated with other artists - including the British artist Yinka Shonibare - at the London Printworks to create a series of banners that would line the route from Brixton to the Hayward in order to investigate and link the issues that drove the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s to the current day.
This edition was given by the artist to team members at the London Printworks in order to thank them for their help on the project.