An artwork is an arrangement of things. The ideal show for me would be if everything touched, literally touched, so that everything would blur together. Glenn Ligon Read Quote
A Small Band’ was commissioned for the facade of the Central Pavilion at the Fifty-Sixth Venice Biennale in 2013. Glenn Ligon Read Quote
My mother used to say that when I told her that I wanted to be an artist, her famous line was, ‘The only artists I’ve ever heard of are dead.’ It just wasn’t in her experience… I don’t think she had a sense that one could be an artist, because there wasn’t anyone in my family who had done that. Glenn Ligon Read Quote
I have been interested in neon for a long time. The first neon I made was in 2006, using the word ‘America.’ Glenn Ligon Read Quote
In high school, driver’s ed was at the same time as drama class. And I had to take drama class. Now I can sing the lead in ‘Oklahoma!,’ but I can’t drive. Glenn Ligon Read Quote
