In 1985, she was included in the International Crystallography Congress held at the Universität Bielefeld, where she presented a solo exhibition of her work and discussed the topic «Symmetries and Serial Processes in Art and Music» with faculty members of the university's mathematics department. (michaelrosenfeldart.com)
Her reduced color palettes and serial processes connect her to Minimalism, though her curvilinear, volumetric forms alluding to corporal topographies remain distinctive. (newcombartmuseum.tulane.edu)
With a sly nod to the history of modern art, Ligon formally plays on the monochromatic reductiveness of such artistic forebears as Kazimir Malevich and Ad Reinhardt, while simultaneously expanding upon the repetitive and serial processes pioneered by Sol LeWitt and Jasper Johns. (phillips.com)