Encounters and Collisions

Nottingham Contemporary

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate.

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate.

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate.

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate. Foreground: Cady Noland Left to Right: Philip Guston, Melvin Edwards

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate.

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate.

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate.

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate.

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate.

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate.

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate. Left to Right: Kelley Walker, Stephen Andrews

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate. Larger Two: Black Panther Party, Others: Stephen Shames

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate.

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate. Far Left and Right: Glenn Ligon, Center: Sun Ra

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate. Sun Ra

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate. Charles Moore

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate.

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate.

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate.

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate.

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate.

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate.

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate. Foreground: Felix Gonzalez-Torres Left to Right: On Kawara, David Hammons, Glenn Ligon, Joseph Beuys

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate.

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate. Foreground: Felix Gonzalez-Torres Left to Right: Cady Noland, Richard Serra, Alighiero Boetti, On Kawara

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate.

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate. Foreground: Felix Gonzalez-Torres Left to Right: Alighiero Boetti, On Kawara, David Hammons

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate. Left to Right: Joseph Beuys, Andy Warhol

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate. Left to Right: Byron Kim, Glenn Ligon

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate. Left to Right: Bruce Nauman, William Pope L

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate. William Pope L

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate.

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate.

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate. Lorna Simpson

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate.

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate.

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate.

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate.

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate. Left to Right: Zoe Leonard, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate.

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate. Left: Ad Reinhardt

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate.

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate. William Eggleston

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate.

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate. Chris Ofili

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate. Jennie C. Jones

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate.

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate. Cy Twombly

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate.

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate.

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate. Left to Right: Jackson Pollock, Robert Morris

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate. Left to Right: Robert Gober, Glenn Ligon

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate.

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate.

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate. Bruce Davidson

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate. Adrian Piper

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate.

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate.

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate.

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate.

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate.

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate.

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate.

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate.

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate. Jean-Michel Basquiat

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate.

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate. Beauford Delaney

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate. Foreground: Alghiero Boetti Left to Right: WIllem de Kooning, Glenn Ligon

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate. Foreground: Robert Gober Left to Right: Glenn Ligon, Jasper Johns

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate.

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate. William Eggleston

Glenn Ligon: Encounters & Collisions, installation view, Nottingham Contemporary, 3 April – 14 June 2015. Photography by Andy Keate.