Glenn Ligon

born 1960

Glenn Ligon, ‘Condition Report’ 2000
Condition Report 2000
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Biography

Glenn Ligon (born 1960, pronounced Lie-gōne) is an American conceptual artist whose work explores race, language, desire, sexuality, and identity. Based in New York City, Ligon engages in intertextuality with other works from the visual arts, literature, and history, as well as his own life. He is noted as one of the originators of the term Post-Blackness.

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Artworks

Glenn Ligon, ‘Condition Report’ 2000

Glenn Ligon Condition Report

2000
Glenn Ligon, ‘Untitled’ 2006

Glenn Ligon Untitled

2006
Glenn Ligon, ‘Malcolm X (version 2) #1’ 2000

Glenn Ligon Malcolm X (version 2) #1

2000

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Glenn Ligon Come Out #1

2014

Film and audio

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Talking Art: Glenn Ligon

New York-based artist Glenn Ligon is renowned for works made in a variety of media, including sculpture, neon, drawing and ...
Still image of Glenn Ligon: Talking Art
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Glenn Ligon: Talking Art

Ligon is interviewed by Patricia Bickers, editor of Art Monthly.

Features

Painter Jackson Pollock working in his studio, dropping paint onto canvas
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Jackson Pollock: Separating Man from Myth

Mike Pinnington

Jackson Pollock's reputation – salacious untruths in tow – often precedes him. With an exhibition at Tate Liverpool exploring the blind ...

Glenn Ligon Condition Report 2000
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Glenn Ligon born 1960Condition Report 2000

Jonah Westerman

As part of Performance at Tate: Into the Space of Art, Jonah Westerman explores Glenn Ligon's Condition Report 2000
Glenn Ligon in his studio, Brooklyn, New York
Tate Etc

Inside my head: Glenn Ligon: Encounters and Collisions

Glenn Ligon and Simon Grant1

American artist Glenn Ligon (b1960) is bringing together artworks spanning decades, continents and themes that closely relate to his own ...

Jackson Pollock 1950 Action Painting
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Jackson Pollock: 5 Things

A new exhibition at Tate Liverpool looks afresh at the pioneering and iconic American artist Jackson Pollock. Scrutinising some of ...

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