Born in Bronx, NY, 1960
Lives and works in New York, NY
Glenn Ligon employs the practice of intertextuality in his conceptual work. This term, coined by Julia Kristeva in 1966, describes how pre-existing texts are transformed into new texts. Ligon’s intertextual works often touches upon race, language, and sexual identity.
Biographical information courtesy of: Corcoran Gallery of Art and Rubell Family Collection