Glenn Ligon

Glenn Ligon

Born: January 1, 1960
in The Bronx, New York, USA
Glenn Ligon is an American conceptual artist whose work explores race, language, desire, sexuality, and identity. Based in New York City, Ligon engages in intertextuality with other works from the visual arts, literature, and history, as well as his own life.

Movies for Glenn Ligon...

Der Maler Philip Guston – Ein amerikanisches Leben
Title: Der Maler Philip Guston – Ein amerikanisches Leben
Character: self
Released: October 8, 2023
Type: Movie
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Title: The Andy Warhol Diaries
Character: Self
Released: March 9, 2022
Type: TV
After he's shot in 1968, Andy Warhol begins documenting his life and feelings. Those diaries, and this series, reveal the secrets behind his persona.
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Black Art: In the Absence of Light
Title: Black Art: In the Absence of Light
Character: Self
Released: February 9, 2021
Type: Movie
An introduction to the work of some of the foremost Black visual artists working today, inspired by the late David Driskell's landmark 1976 exhibition, "Two Centuries of Black American Art."
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Aggie
Title: Aggie
Character: Self
Released: October 7, 2020
Type: Movie
An exploration of the nexus of art, race, and justice through the story of art collector and philanthropist Agnes Gund who sold Roy Lichtenstein’s painting “Masterpiece” in 2017 for $165 million to start the Art for Justice Fund to end mass incarceration.