Rückenfigur (2009) by Glenn Ligon is back on view in our lobby. The painted neon sculptures depicting the word “America” in this gallery were inspired by the opening of Charles Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities: “It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.”

Glenn Ligon: Rückenfigur

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