The islands pirate past, and the carthaginian, roman. Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Holzer is married to an artist named mike glier and has a daughter named lili. This revised and greatly expanded edition of the book originally published on the occasion of holzers celebrated exhibition at the solomon r. Text page 95 in the book living jenny holzer, yvon. Throughout the years, holzer has employed a variety of media, from a tshirt to a plaque to an led sign. It contains information on holzers wide and influential art career, from her truisms posters of the seventies to her electronic led signs, carved stone benches, and virtual art pieces of the nineties.
This book presents the whole texts of the living series by jenny holzer, printed on 400 tracing paper pages. Jenny holzer was born in gallipolis, ohio, in 1950. I like placing content wherever people look, she told interview magazine in 2012, and that can be at the bottom of a cup or on a. This book makes reference to holzers living series 19801982 in which she created bronze plaques that evoke authority and commemoration, as well as the political, cultural, social, and economic systems that create and maintain systems of order, structure, regulation, and commerce to their benefit. Jenny holzer american, born 1950 selection from living 198082, 1999 medium. Jenny holzer born july 29, 1950 is an american neoconceptual artist, based in hoosick, new york. Utilising a variety of surfacesfrom posters and canvas to stone benches, led signs, buildings, and landscapesamerican artist jenny holzers textbased works draw upon some of the most pressing social issues of our time. Eating through living by jenny holzer, peter nadin alibris. Whether questioning consumerism, describing torture, or lamenting death and disease, her use of language sometimes mistaken for advertising when installed in public spaces. In 1989, holzer had 28 texts from living engraved on white granite benches for the minneapolis sculpture. Laura carpenter fine art, in association with barbara gladstone gallery.
An american neoconceptualist artist, jenny holzer born 1950 utilized the homogeneous rhetoric of modern information systems in order to address the politics of discourse. She handtyped numerous one liners, or truisms, which she has likened, partly in jest, to a jenny holzers readers digest version of western and eastern thought. Jenny holzer was born in 1950 in the rural town gallipolis, ohio. Guggenheim museum in 1989 is a comprehensive document of.
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Holzer belongs to the feminist branch of a generation of artists that emerged around 1980, looking for new ways to make narrative or commentary an implicit part of visual objects. Do it yourself, do it now, she said, noting the enduring visual power of a simple run of street posters. They currently have two places of residence, one a former dairy farm in new york state and the other on the lower east side of manhattan. In 1989 she became the first female artist chosen to represent the united states at italys venice biennale. This book presents the whole texts of the living series by jenny holzer, printed on tracing paper. Whether questioning consumerism, describing torture, or lamenting death and disease, her use of language sometimes. From pinchukartcentre, jenny holzer, living series 1981 jenny holzer s truisms, such as abuse of power comes as no surprise and protect me from what i want, have appeared on posters, billboards, and even condoms, and as led signs and monumental light projections. Learn about the broad collection artist jenny holzer.
Jenny holzer the venice installation isbn 0914782770 is the catalog artists book for her 199044th venice biennale exhibition. Living paperback january 1, 1998 by jenny holzer author see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. The main focus of her work is the delivery of words and ideas in public spaces. This book surveys all her installations, including her celebrated marble benches and electronic boards at the dia foundation new york, street and gallery based exhibitions, permanent public monuments, and works on the world wide web. She creates large series of art pieces and sometimes booksshowcases only print or display very. Taking it to the street with jenny holzer the new york times. Her strategy was to use text printed on billboards, park benches as in it takes a while before you, 1989, from the living series, and commercially printed items. Holzers work speaks of violence, oppression, sexuality, feminism, power, war and death. Because her aim is to illuminate and reveal, she is different from the moon, whose light can create. English edition11 x 21 cm softcover396 transparent. See available sculpture, prints and multiples, and paintings for sale and learn about the artist.
Holzer began creating these works in 1977, when she was a student in an independent study program. Jenny holzer has been throwing light onto buildings and landscapes at night since 1991. Jenny holzers truisms, such as abuse of power comes as no surprise and protect me from what i want, have appeared on posters, billboards, and even condoms, and as led signs and monumental light projections. See more ideas about jenny holzer, word art and installation art. Life and work of jenny holzer, artist of textbased truisms. Jenny holzer is at blenheim palace, woodstock, oxfordshire, until 31 december this article was amended on 3 october 2017 to correct a quote from one of the slides. Jenny holzer is turning epsteins address book into yayoi kusamaesque art. Neither front nor back covers are absolutely creased.
From pinchukartcentre, jenny holzer, living series 1981 jenny holzers truisms, such as abuse of power comes as no surprise and protect me from what i want, have appeared on posters, billboards, and even condoms, and as led signs and monumental light projections. In 1981, holzer initiated the living series, printed on aluminum and bronze plaques, the presentation format. It contains information on holzer s wide and influential art career, from her truisms posters of the seventies to her electronic led signs, carved stone benches, and virtual art pieces of the nineties. Initially, the truisms were infiltrated into the public arena via stickers, tshirts and posters. With remarkable boldness and a critical sense, jenny holzer addresses social issues which often entail profound questions, resorting even to humor to facilitate the interpretation of messages which, at times, can be extremely harsh. Buy eating through living by jenny holzer, peter nadin online at alibris. The book listed on this page, a monograph on jenny holzer by phaidon press, is fabulous. She typeset the sentences in alphabetical order and printed them inexpensively. Discover book depositorys huge selection of jenny holzer books online. Born 1950 in gallipolis, jenny holzer lives and works in new york. Since the late 1970s holzer has used text as her primary artistic vehicle. Over the course of her 40year career, visionary american artist jenny holzer has harnessed the power of words, often displayed in public environments, to capture the attention of passersby and disseminate poignant living truths about contemporary society.
Jenny holzer is an american conceptual artist best known for her textbased public art projects. Jenny holzer emerged in the late 1970s and early 80s with the intention of taking art out of the museum and gallery context and making it more accessible to the general public. Jenny holzer was born july 29, 1950, in gallipolis, ohio, into a family of. Jenny holzer is an artist who works with new media, in locations rangin. She received a ba from ohio university in athens 1972. Text page 95 in the book living by jenny holzer, yvon lambert 1998. Holzers message to young artists seeing this work for the first time is. Jenny holzer is a conceptual artist best known for her textbased public art projects. Artwork page for truisms, jenny holzer, 1984 like other artists of her generation, holzer turned to the strategies of the mass media and advertising in her work. Revisiting jenny holzers most powerful works dazed. Jenny holzer born july 29, 1950 is an american neoconceptual artist, based in hoosick, new. Jenny holzer is an american artist and political activist. Jenny holzer born july 29, 1950 is an american conceptual artist.
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