Runaways
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Runaways is a 1993 conceptual art series by Glenn Ligon that mimics 19th-century fugitive slave advertisements using contemporary descriptions of the artist written by his friends to explore race, identity, and representation.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artwork
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conceptual art series ⓘ |
| artisticApproach |
appropriation
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conceptual strategy ⓘ textual mimicry ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Glenn Ligon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creatorEthnicity | African American ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | American ⓘ |
| depicts | imagined runaway notices about the artist ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt | various contemporary art museums and galleries ⓘ |
| explores |
historical memory of slavery
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how Black bodies are described ⓘ language and power ⓘ the gap between self-image and external description ⓘ the politics of looking ⓘ |
| features | descriptions of the artist written by his friends ⓘ |
| format | text laid out like historical newspaper ads ⓘ |
| genre | conceptual art ⓘ |
| hasPart | series of prints ⓘ |
| inception | 1993 ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | 19th-century fugitive slave advertisements ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
African American experience
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identity ⓘ race ⓘ representation ⓘ self-representation ⓘ slavery in the United States ⓘ stereotypes ⓘ |
| medium |
print
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text-based art ⓘ |
| movement | contemporary art ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person descriptions of the artist ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critical engagement with racialized description
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reframing fugitive slave ads through contemporary language ⓘ use of friends’ voices to construct the artist’s image ⓘ |
| partOf | Glenn Ligon’s broader practice of text-based conceptual art ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Glenn Ligon’s text-based paintings ⓘ |
| uses | contemporary descriptions of Glenn Ligon ⓘ |
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