The Artist Project: Glenn Ligon

Artist Glenn Ligon reflects on The Great Bieri in this episode of The Artist Project.

June 22, 2015

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From March 2015 to June 2016, we invited 120 artists—local, national, and global—to choose individual works of art or galleries that sparked their imaginations. In this online series, artists reflect on what art is, what inspires them from across 5,000 years of art, and in so doing, they reveal the power of a museum and The Met.

"I love the idea that something so abstract can be so specific."

Artist Glenn Ligon reflects on "The Great Bieri" in this episode of The Artist Project—an online series in which artists respond to works of art in The Met collection.

About the Artist
Glenn Ligon, born in 1960, is an American conceptual artist who works in a variety of mediums, including painting, installation, neon, and video.

One of four etchings by Glenn Ligon titled

Glenn Ligon (American, born New York, 1960)

Untitled: Four Etchings, 1992

Portfolio of 4 etchings; 25 × 17 1/4 in. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of The Peter Norton Family Foundation, 1998 (1998.456.2a-d) © Glenn Ligon (Detail: one of four etchings in suite)

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