Glenn Ligon Artist Talk

Date of Event: November 10, 2011

Posted: October 28, 2011

GRANVILLE, Ohio—Conceptual artist Glenn Ligon will speak on his work as an artist who explores race, language, desire and identity. The artist talk will take place at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 10, in the auditorium of Denison University’s Herrick Hall (500 West Loop). The talk, sponsored by the Office of the Provost and the Studio Art Program, is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Dyan Couden at 740-587-6596 or visit www.denison.edu.

Ligon works with paint, video, photography, neon and digital photography to explore American history, literature and society across a body of work that builds critically on the legacies of modern painting and more recent conceptual art. He is best known for his landmark series of text-based paintings, made since the late 1980s, which draw on the writings and speeches of diverse figures including Jean Genet, Zora Neale Hurston, Jesse Jackson, and Richard Pryor. Ligon’s subject matter ranges widely from the Million Man March and the aftermath of slavery to 1970s coloring books and the photography of Robert Mapplethorpe—all treated within artworks that are both politically provocative and beautiful to behold.

Ligon has exhibited in many museums, including his first mid-career retrospective exhibit held at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 2011. He has participated in the biennales of Sydney, Venice and Kwangju. He has received grants and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.

Calendar Listing:

CALENDAR LISTING: Denison University, Granville—Artist talk by conceptual artist Glenn Ligon at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 10, in the auditorium of Herrick Hall (500 West Loop). Free and open to the public. For more information, contact Dyan Couden at 740-587-6596 or visit www.denison.edu.

About Denison:

Denison University, founded in 1831, is an independent, residential liberal arts institution located in Granville, Ohio. A highly selective college enrolling 2,100 full-time undergraduate students from all 50 states and dozens of foreign countries, Denison is a place where innovative faculty and motivated students collaborate in rigorous scholarship, civic engagement and the cultivation of independent thinking.

For press inquiries:

Name: Barbara Stambaugh
Position Title: Director, Media Relations
Primary Email: stambaughb@denison.edu
Business Phone: (740) 587-8575

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