Glenn Ligon's *Negro Sunshine #74* is a densely layered work on paper that employs oil stick, coal dust, and gesso to render text in a manner that becomes increasingly obscured and abstracted. The phrase "negro sunshine," drawn from a Gertrude Stein text, is repeated across the surface until the words dissolve into a rich, velvety blackness, challenging legibility and forcing the viewer to grapple with the weight of language. The accumulation of materials creates a tactile, almost geological surface that speaks to the complexity of race, representation, and the fraught history embedded in words themselves.