2019Nominee
Best Picture
America
Glenn Ligon
Actor · Director · Producer
The Bronx, New York, USA
January 1, 1960
Biography
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2021Nominee
Best Performance
Black Art: In the Absence of Light
2025Nominee
Best Performance
Marilyn Minter: Pretty/Dirty
Career Highlights
2020Highlight
Best Performance
Aggie
2023Highlight
Best Performance
Der Maler Philip Guston – Ein amerikanisches Leben
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America
Black Art: In the Absence of Light