Glenn Ligon's *Oilstick on Paper* exemplifies the artist's signature exploration of language, identity, and repetition, using densely layered text that gradually obscures itself through accumulation. The work reflects Ligon's ongoing engagement with the writings of Black cultural figures, rendering words increasingly illegible as they are applied over and over in thick, black oilstick. This tension between visibility and erasure speaks to broader themes of race, representation, and the limits of language in conveying lived experience.