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Los Angeles – Glenn Ligon: “Well, it’s bye-bye/If you call that gone” at Regen Projects Through April 18th, 2015

Wednesday, April 15th, 2015

Glenn Ligon, Come Out #5 (2014)
Glenn Ligon, Come Out #5 (2014)

Regen Projects is presenting its fourth exhibition with Glenn Ligon, the prominent New York-based artist who has established himself as one of the strongest voices in American contemporary art.  Well, it’s bye-bye/If you call that gone, featuring three bodies of work, adopts its title from the lyrics of the blues song “What’s the Matter Now”, projecting Ligon’s interest in text as a mode of expression and an agent of collective identity. (more…)