{"product_id":"clarion-vol-14-julius-eastman-and-glenn-ligon-evil-nigger","title":"Clarion Vol 14: Julius Eastman and Glenn Ligon: Evil Nigger","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eCurator’s Note by Ebony L. Haynes\u003cbr\u003eTexts by Hilton Als, Jace Clayton, and Krithika Varagur\u003cbr\u003eAnnotations by Theaster Gates\u003cbr\u003eConversation with Glenn Ligon, Emmanuel Olunkwa, and Lorna Simpson\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe fourteenth title in the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eClarion\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e series explores the work of the composer Julius Eastman and the artist Glenn Ligon, who use structure and repetition to shape compositions and make works that engage with history, language, and cultural memory.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEastman’s music accumulates through cycles of echoes and variation, creating shifts in tone, movement, and intensity. His work foregrounds sound’s physicality, immersing the listener in evolving rhythms and harmonies that expand minimalism’s limits. Ligon similarly treats text as both image and meaning, using stenciling, neon, and coal dust to manipulate legibility. Language emerges and recedes through surface and texture, inviting sustained engagement with form and perception.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith a curator’s note by Ebony L. Haynes, this issue features texts by Krithika Varagur, Jace Clayton, and Hilton Als, with annotations by Theaster Gates. Varagur examines the historical and cultural legacies that inform Eastman and Ligon’s work, while Clayton explores the sonic and structural innovations in Eastman’s compositions. Als offers a personal and critical meditation on Ligon’s and Eastman’s practices, language, and the ways meaning is shaped through repetition and materiality. The volume also includes a conversation between Glenn Ligon, Emmanuel Olunkwa, and Lorna Simpson in which Ligon and Simpson reflect on their practices, artistic trajectories, and the structures shaping the art world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePlease email \u003ca href=\"mailto:info@52walker.com\" target=\"_blank\"\u003einfo@52walker.com\u003c\/a\u003e if you have any questions.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"52 Walker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47534287192304,"sku":"979-8-9928993-1-3","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/0361\/4448\/files\/2025EastmanLigon_002_Lowres.jpg?v=1742477749","url":"https:\/\/cart.52walker.com\/products\/clarion-vol-14-julius-eastman-and-glenn-ligon-evil-nigger","provider":"52 Walker","version":"1.0","type":"link"}