Glenn Ligon, seen here in his Brooklyn studio from our "History" episode, reflects on his earliest text paintings, which were created using oil crayons with plastic letter stencils and comprised of a single sentence by author Zora Neale Hurston. "Often people say, 'I get your message,'" recalled Ligon. "But I don't think that message, if I have a message, is so separated from what the object is—how it's painted." Watch → http://a21.tv/GlennLigonHistory | Art21
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Best known for his text-based paintings, celebrated American conceptual artist #GlennLigon has created new works for his first solo exhibition in Greater China. Watch as the artist discusses his new abstract painting series titled Static, which questions whether language—in our ‘post-truth’ world—can function as a way to describe the cultural moment we find ourselves in. ‘Glenn Ligon’ is on view at our Hong Kong gallery through 11 May. Watch the full film https://hw.visitlink.me/2uqJuQ | Hauser
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🪞 ‘My work … often troubles the line between representation and abstraction. Step into Gallery 10 and immerse yourself in the world of American artist Glenn Ligon. Known for his distinctive style of text paintings, Ligon confronts themes of race, sexuality, belonging and the social and political history of African Americans. 🖌️📖 By repeating and layering words and phrases using materials like paint, oil stick and coal dust, Ligon reveals how meaning evolves and transforms over time, often quo
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