California. Born 1961
Large-scale abstract collage-paper items
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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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California. Born 1968
Prismatic, abstract paintings and drawings
New York, California. Born 1981
Non objective painting, installation
California, Michigan. 1954 - 2012
Multi-media installations, comic book scenes, fabric sculpture, videos
New York, Indiana / Germany. Born 1972
Abstract sculpture, digital art, photography
New York, Nevada. Born 1979
Paintings, sculpture
Texas, New York. Born 1957
Torn ornate fabric and text image painting, punk propaganda, conceptual
Germany, France. Born 1945
Conceptual painting, sculpture, installation, found objects
New York, District Of Columbia. Born 1956
Sculptor-assemblage
Brazil, France. 1930 - 1990
Non objective painting and constructivist sculpture
New York, Texas / Switzerland. 1928 - 1994
Minimalist three-dimensional constructions, abstract imagery
Germany. Born 1955
Large-scale photographs-social commentary
New York / Germany, Austria. 1953 - 1997
Mixed media sculpture, collage, installation
New York, Connecticut. Born 1965
Pop art and and romantic portrait painting
New York. 1933 - 1996
Multimedia sculptor, light images
Illinois, New York. Born 1941
Abstract wooden structure sculpture
California / Germany. Born 1972
Geometric block sculpture, collage, abstraction, video installation, painting
New York. Born 1955
Non objective photograph imagery, word play, photo books
New York. Born 1960
Non objective, fluorescent, black light painting
New York / China. Born 1957
Performance and conceptual art, installation sculpture
New York / Ethiopia. Born 1970
Large-scale abstract gestural painting, architectural themes
New York, Connecticut. Born 1937
Geometric, minimal abstract painting
New York, California. Born 1945
Caligra-photo-montage, conceptual, feminist themes
New York, California. Born 1977
African-American male figures in heroic poses
New York / Italy. Born 1956
Conceptual art, mixed media non-objective painting
New York, Connecticut. Born 1954
Sculptor-body parts, graphics
New York. Born 1949
Word play, non objective, views, sculpture
New York, New Mexico. 1923 - 2013
Conceptual art, collage, constructions
Denmark, Germany. Born 1967
Optical illusion installations, mixed-media geometric sculpture
New York, Massachusetts. 1935 - 2024
Geometric sculpture, drawing
New York, New Jersey. Born 1979
Conceptual art, mixed media, sculpture
California. Born 1952
Abstraction-figurative caligraphic