"without light i am not only invisible, but formless as well"

in previous discussions of hero worship, i mentioned art that references other artists, or songs as a homage to other musicians. here is another great example of hero worship, this time art referencing literature -jeff wall's "after ralph ellison (the invisible man)" 2000
ralph ellison's timeless piece of black literature, from 1952, opens with the novel's anti-hero/protaganist/narrator falling down a manhole after fleeing tormentors during a new york riot, and deciding to take up a life underground, covering the ceiling of his subterannean home with 1,369 illegally connected light bulbs, spending his time listening to recordings of louis armstrong's "what did i do to be so black and blue".