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Born 1960 South Bronx, New York. Known for: Text-based painting, allegory, self-portrait.
Brooklyn-based artist, Glenn Ligon is known for his text-filled explorations of history, especially African American history and most recently of interracial gay sex, concerning the social, cultural,... Read full biography
Brooklyn-based artist, Glenn Ligon is known for his text-filled explorations of history, especially African American history and most recently of interracial gay sex, concerning the social, cultural, and political aspects. Using language, he has said of his work that he wants to "make language into... Read full biography
Brooklyn-based artist, Glenn Ligon is known for his text-filled explorations of history, especially African American history and most recently of interracial gay sex, concerning the social, cultural, and political aspects. Using language, he has said of his work that he wants to "make language into a physical thing, something that has real weight and force to it.". Ligon's paintings feature a carefully selected phrase of or sentence taken from literary sources such as James Baldwin, Ralph... Read full biography
Brooklyn-based artist, Glenn Ligon is known for his text-filled explorations of history, especially African American history and most recently of interracial gay sex, concerning the social, cultural, and political aspects. Using language, he has said of his work that he wants to "make language into a physical thing, something that has real weight and force to it.". Ligon's paintings feature a carefully selected phrase of or sentence taken from literary sources such as James Baldwin, Ralph Ellison, Mary Shelley and Jean Genet. Evocative quotes by these authors are hand stenciled onto the canvas or printing plate repeatedly, yielding surfaces comprised of line after line of the chosen words, some legible and others less so. Two of his pieces... Read full biography
Brooklyn-based artist, Glenn Ligon is known for his text-filled explorations of history, especially African American history and most recently of interracial gay sex, concerning the social, cultural, and political aspects. Using language, he has said of his work that he wants to "make language into a physical thing, something that has real weight and force to it.". Ligon's paintings feature a carefully selected phrase of or sentence taken from literary sources such as James Baldwin, Ralph Ellison, Mary Shelley and Jean Genet. Evocative quotes by these authors are hand stenciled onto the canvas or printing plate repeatedly, yielding surfaces comprised of line after line of the chosen words, some legible and others less so. Two of his pieces are Twin and Colonial. Twin"consists of a trundle bed littered with porn magazines showing black and interracial ga... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Installation Art
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Words, Text, Calligraphy, Letters
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Assemblage
- •Charcoal
- •Crayon, Crayola Drawing
- •Gouache
- •Ink
- •Magic Marker, Sharpie, Felt-Tip Pen
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Allegory, Metaphor, Parable
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Social Commentary, Cultural Issues, Political, Racial Views
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Black, African-American and/or Caribbean