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Museums page for Glenn Ligon ((Born 1960)), known for Text-based painting, allegory, self-portrait. Showing 6 museum collections and exhibitions.
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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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About Glenn Ligon: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (6)
All MuseumsPhiladelphia Museum of Art, Library and Archives
Po Box 7646
Philadelphia, PA 19101Saint Louis Art Museum
Forest Park
One Fine Arts Drive
St. Louis, MO 63110San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, SFMOMA
151 Third Street
San Francisco, CA 94103The Baltimore Museum of Art
10 Art Museum Drive
Baltimore, MD 21218University of Michigan Museum of Art, UMMA
525 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1354