What is Glenn Ligon known for?
What is Glenn Ligon known for?
Conceptual art
Glenn Ligon/Known for
Who represents Glenn Ligon?
Artist Glenn Ligon, who’s known for paintings and sculptures that ponder the political implications of text, has joined the roster of Hauser & Wirth gallery, which has locations in New York, Los Angeles, and Hong Kong as well as two in England (London and Somerset) and three in Switzerland (Zurich, St.
What type of art does Glenn Ligon make?
text painting
Renowned multimedia artist Glenn Ligon (US, b. 1960) uses text painting—a genre featuring words on canvas—to challenge constructions of race, gender, and sexuality. The artist came to prominence in the 1990s for stenciling selections from African American literature in stark black letters on white backgrounds.
How old is Glenn Ligon?
About 61 years (1960)
Glenn Ligon/Age
Where is Glenn Ligon from?
New York, NY
Glenn Ligon/Place of birth
Where did Glenn Ligon go to college?
Wesleyan University1982
Whitney Museum of American ArtRhode Island School of Design (RISD)Walden School
Glenn Ligon/Education
Glenn Ligon was born in 1960 in the Bronx, New York. He attended the Rhode Island School of Design for two years, beginning in 1980, and received a BA from Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, in 1982. In 1985 he participated in the Whitney Museum of American Art’s independent study program.
What does Ligon mean?
Polish (also Ligon): nickname from a derivative of Old Polish ligac ‘to lie’ or ‘to kick up a fuss’.
Where did Glenn Ligon go to school?
Glenn Ligon was born in 1960 in the Bronx, New York. He attended the Rhode Island School of Design for two years, beginning in 1980, and received a BA from Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, in 1982.
How many prints are in Glenn Ligon’s print series Runaways?
ten
The Runaways is a series of ten lithographs based on nineteenth-century advertisements published by slave owners to locate runaway slaves.
How does Glenn Ligon use the photographs of Robert Mapplethorpe in his own work?
Robert Mapplethorpe uses photography to cast human form onto a white canvas using light and form manipulation. Glenn Ligon takes the casted imagery and displays them in achronological order complimented with quotes by relevant factions of that time.
How does Glenn Ligon use repetition in his work?
In these paintings, Ligon uses repetition of text taken from well-known writers such as Zora Neale Hurston, Ralph Ellison, and Richard Pryor to tell visual stories of sexuality, race, and identity. The majority of Ligon’s work focuses of African American identity, and more recently, interracial gay sex.
What kind of last name is Ligon?
English: variant of Lygon, name of an aristocratic English family said to be of Norman origin. The name is of unknown etymology. According to Morlet it is a variant of L’Higon, a patronymic from Higon, a southern French variant of Hugo.
