What do you think of some people's tendency to see apparition of Jesus (or Mary) in
strange places — like a lava lamp, a Cheeto, a piece of toast, or a water
stain on a wall?
Ligon, who based his ongoing «
Stranger» series around this essay, documents the smudges of paint, oil
stains, and fingerprints that have accumulated
on his copy throughout his career, which he considers a «palimpsest of accumulated personal histories that suggests... a new strategy in his ongoing exploration of the interplay between language and abstraction,» according to a press release.