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American Artist Lecture Series: Glenn Ligon

11 May 2015 at 19.30–21.00
Glenn Ligon Untitled 2006

Glenn Ligon Untitled 2006

© Courtesy of the artist

Glenn Ligon is the sixth speaker in the American Artist Lecture Series, a partnership between Art in Embassies, Tate Modern and US Embassy London.

One of America’s leading contemporary artists, he is perhaps best known for his now landmark series of paintings in which texts are written in black against white backgrounds. Ligon continues to explore subjects of race, language, desire, sexuality, and identity in his work while crossing borders of media from painting, drawing, print, photography, film or sculptural installations to his iconic neon reliefs.

Throughout his career, he has doggedly offered sharp and perceptive examinations of American history, culture, identity, literature, and society. This summer Ligon will be the subject of an exhibition at Tate Liverpool, opening 30 June 2015.

Ligon will be in conversation with Duro Olowu. 

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American Artist Lecture Series: Glenn Ligon

Tate Modern

Starr Cinema

Bankside
London SE1 9TG
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11 May 2015 at 19.30–21.00

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  • Glenn Ligon Untitled 2006

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    Glenn Ligon will run in parallel with Jackson Pollock: Blind Spots at Tate Liverpool. This exhibition brings together artworks and other material he references in his own work and writings, or work with which he shares certain affinities.

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    Glenn Ligon

    born 1960
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