Summary Of The Image Of Gary Ligon

This image of Gary Ligon is designed to make the viewer ask questions. It is ambiguous in its nature and content. The image is the phrase “I feel most colored when I am thrown against a sharp white background” repeated, becoming more and more distorted until it is unreadable. There are many questions raised by this, the main one being what the meaning of it is. There are many possible answers to this question. For one, the author may be saying that he feels very self-conscious about his race when he is around white people. The phrase “a sharp white background” clearly refers to white society. Because he says that he feels most colored when in white society, then this is a very prevalent interpretation. Further, he might be saying that he feels