PITTSBURGH, PA.- From literary texts to nineteenth century slave narratives to the jokes of comedian Richard Pryor, the latest exhibition at The Andy Warhol Museum demonstrates the intersection of art and social issues. Glenn Ligon: Some Changes is presented at The Andy Warhol Museum through December 31, 2006. This exhibition of the work of American artist Glenn Ligon surveys the breadth of the artist’s oeuvre over the past 17 years and includes more than 50 paintings, sculptures, prints, videos and installation works. By appropriating a wide range of material — including sources from a broad variety of cultural and historical touchstones — Ligon explores how his own identity is shaped by the social and political narratives of American culture, past and present.

Ligon is at the forefront of a generation of artists who came to prominence in the late 1980s on the strength of conceptually based paintings and photo-text work that explores the social, linguistic and political construction of race, gender and sexuality.

Glen Ligon: Some Changes presents a diverse array of the artist’s landmark work, touching upon themes to which Ligon has returned throughout his career. Among the notable inclusions: The Richard Pryor Paintings (1993-2004), inspired by the routines of the groundbreaking comedian; the web-based Annotations, which revisits the family photo album by adding layers of material behind individual images; Orange Feelings and Blue Feelings (2003), a television installation focusing on Ligon’s own therapy sessions; and, Untitled (I am a Man) (1998), an oil and enamel painting with roots in Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man.

A 204-page, fully illustrated hard-bound catalogue, including essays by Huey Copeland, Darby English, Wayne Koestenbaum and Mark Nash, and an interview by Stephen Andrews, accompanies the exhibition.

The exhibition has been organized by The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto. Following The Warhol, the exhibition will next be on view at the Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus (January 27 to April 22, 2007), followed by the Musee d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc, Luxembourg (October 6 – December 17, 2007). Co-curated by Wayne Baerwaldt and Thelma Golden, this exhibition Glenn Ligon: Some Changes is organized by The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery at Harbourfront Centre, Toronto. With the generous support of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, The Horace Walter Goldsmith Foundation, Peter Norton Family Foundation, Albert & Temmy Latner Foundation and Toby Devan Lewis. Additional support is provided by Hal Jackman Foundation, Judy Schulich, The Board Art Foundation, Gregory R. Miller, The Drake Hotel, The Linda Pace Foundation and Dr. Kenneth Montague.