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By Tod Roulette

In deciphering the well deserved review of the artist, Glenn Ligon at the Whitney Museum of American Art, I have to start at the end of the show. In this final room three large neon signs simply spell ‘America’. One is shiny white and the ‘E’ is turned backward and the rest of the  country’s name reads reverse. On the opposite wall ‘America’ reads correctly from left to right in masked black neon. Continue reading →