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GLENN LIGON "BLACK TREE" LITHOGRAPH, 2005 Contemporary art Toronto their graceful figures brought toGlenn Ligon's (b. 1960) practice is rooted in the examination of Black Identity within the context of American history, literature, and societal structures. His artworks build on the legacies of abstraction and conceptual art. He is best known for his text based works, which include elements from protest signs and writings by prominent African American writers (such as James Baldwin, Zora Neale Hurston, and Ralph Ellison). By densely layered letters,