ID: 700009227 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009227	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Give Us A Poem (Palindrome #2) (installation (visual work); Glenn Ligon (American painter and installation artist, born ...; 2007; Studio Museum in Harlem (New York City, New York state, Unit...; Unavailable)

Note: Neon light installation, invoking Muhammad Ali's 1975 response to a request for a poem after speaking at Harvard University.

Titles:

Give Us A Poem (Palindrome #2) (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,P)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

installation (visual work) [300047896] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

performance art (preferred)

Creation Date: 2007

Creator Display:

Glenn Ligon (American painter and installation artist, born 1960) [preferred]

creator Ligon, Glenn (American painter, installation artist, born 1960) [500191072]

Locations:

Current: Studio Museum in Harlem (New York City, New York state, United States) [500303655] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: Unavailable

Credit Line: Gift of the artist

Display Materials: Black PVC and white neon

	polyvinyl chloride [300014513]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, organic material, plastic (material), <plastic by property>, thermoplastic, vinyl, vinyl resin, vinyl polymers)

	neon lamps [300180499]
	.......(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, furnishings components, lighting device components, light bulbs, electric lamps (lighting device components), electric discharge lamps)

Dimensions: 75 5/8 × 74 1/4 inches (192.1 × 188.6 cm)

Cultures:

American (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Conceptual [300264827] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, <international post-1945 styles and movements>, <post-1945 fine arts styles and movements>)

General Subject:

installation (preferred,isness)

Specific Subjects:

	palindrome [300417834]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), language-related concepts) (AAT)

	poem [300026451]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <concepts in the arts and humanities>, <genres in literature and performing arts>, <genres for literature>, <poetry and poems>) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: performance art or installations

Sources and Contributors:
Give Us A Poem (Palindrome #2)	........ [VP]
	........ Artsy [online] (2017-) accessed 19 January 2017
	........ Studio Museum in Harlem [online] (2017-) accessed 19 January 2017

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Artsy [online] (2017-) accessed 19 January 2017

....................... Studio Museum in Harlem [online] (2017-) accessed 19 January 2017

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Studio Museum in Harlem [online] (2017-) accessed 19 January 2017
	..... Artsy [online] (2017-)