What Kind of Art Does an Artist Like?

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As part of a new video series for T, the painter and sculptor Glenn Ligon talks about an artwork that has been particularly important to him: “Self Portrait Exaggerating my Negroid Features” (1981) by Adrian Piper. Ligon first encountered Piper’s work in 1980, but it wasn’t until two decades later, at her New Museum retrospective, that he came face-to-face with the small pencil drawing. The portrait is as important as the language in its title, also written across the bottom of the piece, Ligon explains. “It makes us think about how what we think of as a self portrait is actually a portrait of the society that we live in,” he says.

“Glenn Ligon: Tutto Poteva, Nella Poesia, Avere Una Soluzione / In Poetry, A Solution To Everything” is on view through July 28 at Thomas Dane Gallery, Via Francesco Crispi 69 (1st floor), Naples, Italy, thomasdanegallery.com.