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Quote by Glenn Ligon

“There's a kind of slowness and inefficiency about rendering text in paint. We're in a world that's very fast, so things that slow you for a minute-give you pause-are good.”

Quote by Glenn Ligon

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Glenn Ligon, born in 1960, is a renowned visual artist from the United States. His works focus on themes of race, gender, and identity, using painting, sculpture, and installation art to deeply reveal the historical and cultural conflicts in American society. more

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