Object Details
Artist
Byron Kim, born La Jolla, CA 1961
Glenn Ligon, born New York City 1960
Gallery Label
Black & White is a collaboration between Byron Kim and Glenn Ligon, both of whom were struck by the limited pink-white range of "flesh-colored" paint available in art stores. In response, Kim, who is Korean American, painted sixteen panels of the pinkish flesh tones and Ligon, who is African American, painted sixteen panels using various black pigments. Arranged in an austere grid, Black & White elegantly underscores racial privilege.
Credit Line
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the C.K. Williams Family Foundation, Pamela K. and William A. Royall, Jr., Jane and James H. Cohan, Mihail Lari and Scott Murray, Aimee and Robert Lehrman, Home Front Communications, and museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
Copyright
© 1993, Byron Kim and Glenn Ligon
Date
1993
Object number
2014.16A-FF
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Painting
Medium
oil on wood panels
Dimensions
overall: 43 × 71 in. (109.2 × 180.3 cm) each panel: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
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Department
Painting and Sculpture
Data Source
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Topic
Abstract\geometric
Link to Original Record
Record ID
saam_2014.16A-FF