Glenn Ligon is an American conceptual artist, born in the Bronx, New York in 1960, who lives and works in New York. He is best known for paintings in which lines of text by writers such as James Baldwin, Zora Neale Hurston and Gertrude Stein are stencilled over and over until they smudge into darkness, and for neon text works. His work deals with race, language, sexuality and identity. He is often credited with helping to coin the term post-Black with the curator Thelma Golden.
© studio internationalCC BY 3.0 Glenn Ligon
Conceptual artist; text paintings and neon works on race and language
- Born
- 1960, New York, United States
Where to see their work
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Victory Over the Sun: Encounters with Light, The Light, Durham
Until 17 January 2027
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Glenn Ligon: Prompts, Thomas Dane Gallery, London
Until 19 December
Further reading: Wikipedia