Event information
Image detail: Glenn Ligon, 'Untitled (I Feel Most Colored When I Am Thrown Against a Sharp White Background)', 1990. Oil stick on canvas. 76.2 x 50.8 cm © Glenn Ligon; Courtesy of Glenn Ligon and De Ying Foundation.
Widely regarded as one of the leading contemporary artists working today, Ligon is best known for his text-based paintings which include the words of writers such as James Baldwin, Gertrude Stein and Zora Neale Hurston. Through these artworks, he explores the social, cultural and political constructions of race.
Alongside Ligon’s original paintings, sculptures and prints, All Over The Place presents a series of site-specific interventions curated by the artist throughout the Museum aimed at peeling back the layers of history and meaning to reveal a new perspective of the permanent collection.
From the installation of his large-scale neon Waiting for the Barbarians (2021) in the Museum's portico entrance to the artist’s commentary of select artworks and objects from the Museum's collection. Ligon describes the exhibition as a ‘thread that winds its way through the Fitzwilliam, loose in some places, taut in others, which the visitor can choose to follow or encounter serendipitously.'
Funded by De Ying Foundation. With additional support from The Ampersand Foundation.
Opening Times
Tuesday-Saturday: 10:00-17:00 | Sundays and Bank Holidays: 12:00-17:00
