Glenn ligon

It is perhaps telling that the first piece in the exhibition Glenn Ligon: AMERICA, the most comprehensive exhibition of the artist's work to date, is not one of the text-based paintings for which he is best known, but “Hands” (1996), a massive canvas tacked to the wall of the exhibition’s entrance with pushpins, bearing the image of outstretched palms against a black background. Drawn from a mass-media photograph of Benjamin Chavis and Louis Farrakhan's 1995 Million Man March, enlarged to…

Glenn Ligon. Untitled (I am an invisible man). 1991. Oilstick on paper. 30 x 17 1/4" (76.2 x 43.8 cm). Gift of The Bohen Foundation. 218.1992. © 2025 Glenn Ligon. Drawings & Prints

Documentation of Glenn Ligon at Regen Projects, Los Angeles is featured on Contemporary Art Daily.

“Untitled (Study #1 for Prisoner of Love),” 1992.

Documentation of Glenn Ligon at Thomas Dane, Naples is featured on Contemporary Art Daily.

I can’t think of a politician or a philosopher I’ve met, let alone artist, who is more cerebral than Glenn Ligon. The 54-year-old prefers not to explain his work, which explores themes such as race

Glenn Ligon, Self-Portrait, 2002 | Whitney Museum of American Art

Glen Ligon

Works by Glenn Ligon: Debris Field (Red) #20 , 2021, Study for Debris Field #50 , 2020–2021, In A Year with a Black Moon , Rat Hole Gallery, Tokyo, 2019, Notes for a Poem on the Third World (chapter one) , 2018, Debris Field #5 , 2018, Debris Field #2...

Artwork: Glenn Ligon, "Untitled: Four Etchings [A]," 1992, softground etching, aquatint, spitbite, and sugarlift aquatint in black on Rives BFK paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Werner H. and Sarah-Ann Kramarsky and the Collectors Committee Fund #blackhistorymonth

‘Glenn Ligon. Untitled (America/Me)’💥 is now on view at the High Line's📍18th St Billboard. @glennligon's new 25 x 75-foot billboard features an altered version of his iconic 2008 neon work, ‘Untitled,’ which stretches 14 feet across and displays the word ‘AMERICA’ in flickering neon letters. For ‘Untitled (America/Me),’ the artist manipulated a photograph of the original 2008 neon, drawing thick black X’s over the majority of the letters—leaving the word ‘ME.’ ‘I’m interested in playing…

◼️◽ Now open in Hong Kong: ‘Glenn Ligon’ The artist’s first solo exhibition in Greater China includes a continuation of his Stranger paintings, a new abstract painting series titled Static, and a series of untitled drawings on Kozo paper. Head to the link in bio to plan your visit through 11 May. 1,3 Installation view, ‘Glenn Ligon’ at Hauser & Wirth Hong Kong, 2024. Photo: JJYPHOTO 2 Glenn Ligon, Stranger #96 (detail), 2023 © Glenn Ligon. Photo: Ronald Amstutz 4 Glenn Ligon, Static #6 (d...

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Don’t miss new works by @glennligon on view at our Hong Kong gallery for his first solo exhibition in Greater China. The display includes a continuation of his Stranger paintings, a new abstract painting series titled Static, and a series of untitled drawings on Kozo paper. Plan your visit until 11 May at the link in bio. 1 @goddardchung 2 Glenn Ligon, Stranger #99 (detail), 2023. © Glenn Ligon. Photo: Ronald Amstutz 3 @mina_jun_collection 4 Glenn Ligon, Static #8, 2023 © Glenn Ligon…

Kerry James Marshall’s ‘Untitled (policeman)’ at MoMA shines a light on race.

Etching ink and acrylic on canvas (2020–2021) © Glenn Ligon. Courtesy the artist, Hauser & Wirth, New York, Regen Projects, Los Angeles, Thomas Dane Gallery, London and Chantal Crousel, Paris. Click through to see more artworks by Glenn Ligon on Ocula.

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Glenn Ligon