Glenn Ligon
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Glenn Ligon is an American conceptual artist known for his text-based paintings and installations that explore race, language, identity, and the politics of representation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Glenn Ligon canonical | 5 |
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
conceptual artist
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human ⓘ visual artist ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Wesleyan University
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Whitney Museum of American Art ⓘ
surface form:
Whitney Museum Independent Study Program
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| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African American
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| familyName | Ligon ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
conceptual art
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contemporary art ⓘ installation art ⓘ text-based art ⓘ |
| genre |
appropriation art
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installation art ⓘ text-based painting ⓘ |
| givenName | Glenn ⓘ |
| hasWorkExhibitedAt |
Museum of Modern Art
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Tate Modern ⓘ Walker Art Center ⓘ Whitney Museum of American Art ⓘ |
| hasWorkInCollection |
Museum of Modern Art
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art ⓘ Tate Modern ⓘ Whitney Museum of American Art ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
James Baldwin
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Jean Genet ⓘ Zora Neale Hurston ⓘ American civil rights movement ⓘ
surface form:
civil rights movement
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| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
history of representation in the United States
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identity ⓘ language ⓘ race ⓘ sexuality ⓘ |
| movement |
conceptual art
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contemporary art ⓘ postmodern art ⓘ |
| name | Glenn Ligon self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
appropriation and repetition of text
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exploration of race and identity through language ⓘ politics of representation ⓘ use of literary texts in visual art ⓘ |
| notableWork |
America (neon sculpture)
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Runaways ⓘ Stranger in the Village ⓘ
surface form:
Stranger in the Village series
I AM A MAN ⓘ
surface form:
Untitled (I Am a Man)
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| occupation |
artist
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conceptual artist ⓘ painter ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation | New York City ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.