Mr.
Glenn Ligon
Independent
Artist (conceptual)
Area
Humanities and Arts
Specialty
Visual Arts
Elected
2016
American conceptual artist whose work explores race, language, desire,
sexuality, and identity. Engages in intertextuality with other works from the
visual arts, literature, and history, as well as his own life. He works in
multiple media, including painting, drawing, neon, and video. His paintings
incorporate literary fragments, jokes, and evocative quotes from a selection of
authors, which he stencils directly onto the canvas by hand. His work has been
the subject of exhibitions throughout the United States and Europe. In 2009,
President Barack Obama added his Black Like Me No. 2 (1992),
to the White House collection, installed in the President's living quarters.
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