Glenn Ligon, seen here in his Brooklyn studio from our "History" episode, reflects on his earliest text paintings, which were created using oil crayons with plastic letter stencils and comprised of a single sentence by author Zora Neale Hurston. "Often people say, 'I get your message,'" recalled Ligon. "But I don't think that message, if I have a message, is so separated from what the object is—how it's painted." Watch → http://a21.tv/GlennLigonHistory | Art21
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Glenn Ligon, seen here in his Brooklyn studio from our "History" episode, reflects on his earliest text paintings, which were created using oil crayons with plastic letter stencils and comprised of a single sentence by author Zora Neale Hurston. "Often people say, 'I get your message,'" recalled Ligon. "But I don't think that message, if I have a message, is so separated from what the object is—how it's painted." Watch → http://a21.tv/GlennLigonHistory | Art21
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Best known for his text-based paintings, celebrated American conceptual artist #GlennLigon has created new works for his first solo exhibition in Greater China. Watch as the artist discusses his new abstract painting series titled Static, which questions whether language—in our ‘post-truth’ world—can function as a way to describe the cultural moment we find ourselves in. ‘Glenn Ligon’ is on view at our Hong Kong gallery through 11 May. Watch the full film https://hw.visitlink.me/2uqJuQ | Hauser
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Best known for his text-based paintings, celebrated American conceptual artist #GlennLigon has created new works for his first solo exhibition in Greater China. Watch as the artist discusses his new abstract painting series titled Static, which questions whether language—in our ‘post-truth’ world—can function as a way to describe the cultural moment we find ourselves in. ‘Glenn Ligon’ is on view at our Hong Kong gallery through 11 May. Watch the full film https://hw.visitlink.me/2uqJuQ | Hauser
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What Kind of Art Does an Artist Like?
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What Kind of Art Does an Artist Like?
Jun 18, 2018
NY Times
Glenn Ligon, Untitled (America)
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Glenn Ligon, Untitled (America)
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🪞 ‘My work … often troubles the line between representation and abstraction. Step into Gallery 10 and immerse yourself in the world of American artist Glenn Ligon. Known for his distinctive style of text paintings, Ligon confronts themes of race, sexuality, belonging and the social and political history of African Americans. 🖌️📖 By repeating and layering words and phrases using materials like paint, oil stick and coal dust, Ligon reveals how meaning evolves and transforms over time, often quo
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🪞 ‘My work … often troubles the line between representation and abstraction. Step into Gallery 10 and immerse yourself in the world of American artist Glenn Ligon. Known for his distinctive style of text paintings, Ligon confronts themes of race, sexuality, belonging and the social and political history of African Americans. 🖌️📖 By repeating and layering words and phrases using materials like paint, oil stick and coal dust, Ligon reveals how meaning evolves and transforms over time, often quo
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Literary influences in Glenn Ligon's Art
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A Conversation with Glenn Ligon
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Glenn Ligon — Art21
Mar 9, 2017
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My Favorite Artwork | Glenn Ligon
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Glenn Ligon: Layers of Meaning | Art21 "Extended Play"
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Glenn Ligon: AMERICA
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Glenn Ligon: interview, Camden Arts Centre, London, 9 October 2014
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Today we’re moving to gallery 406C on the Upper Level of the East Building and learning more about Glenn Ligon’s breakthrough painting “Untitled (I Am A Man)” from 1988 with Molly Donovan, the Gallery’s curator of contemporary art. Read more about the painting: go.usa.gov/xvXYk Follow along each day during our temporary closure as we take you on a tour, gallery by gallery. | National Gallery of Art
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Why did Glenn Ligon create his Double America neon work?
Apr 16, 2025
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Glenn Ligon: ‘I AM A MAN’ | HENI Talks
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Join assistant curator Everley Davis in a guided exhibition tour of "Glenn Ligon: I Am Somebody." We recently paired this exhibition with films in our "Frame to Frame: Where Film Meets Art" series. If you didn't get a chance to visit the exhibition then, visit it now before it's gone! Plan your visit on our website today: RiverfrontMuseum.org For the first time in Peoria, the works of contemporary art giant Glenn Ligon (b. 1960) are exhibited in "Glenn Ligon: I Am Somebody," an intimate exhibiti
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Artist Talk: Glenn Ligon
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For Glenn Ligon, Home Is Where History and Friends Are Inspirations
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Dec 7, 2021
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A Conversation - Theaster Gates, Glenn Ligon and Thelma Golden
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Art, Language & Power with Glenn Ligon and Huey Copeland
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Bodies of Work: Janine Antoni, Byron Kim, and Glenn Ligon, Part 12
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A Closer Look with Glenn Ligon
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