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Jenny Holzer

American • b. 1950

Biography

Jenny Holzer is a Conceptual artist best known for her text-based public art projects. Holzer's work speaks of violence, oppression, sexuality, feminism, power, war and death. Throughout the years, Holzer has employed a variety of media, from a T-shirt to a plaque to an LED sign. Starting in the 1970s with the New York City posters, and continuing through her recent light projections on landscape and architecture, she uses her art as a form of communication and commentary. Holzer's art hangs in important collections around the globe including 7 World Trade Center, the Venice Biennale, the Guggenheim Museums in New York and Bilbao and the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Insights

Holzer's initial public works from the late 1970s, known as "Truisms," are still among her most famous.
Her first large-scale electronic sign was a work that read 'Protect Me From What I Want' on a spectacolor board in New York's Times Square, 1982.
In 1990, Holzer became the first female artist chosen to represent the United States at the Venice Biennale in Italy. That same year, Holzer took home the prestigious Golden Lion award.

"I used language because I wanted to offer content that people—not necessarily art people—could understand.”

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Jenny Holzer
Survival: Hide under water…
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
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Jenny Holzer
Inflammatory Essays: 9 works
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £2,540
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Jenny Holzer
Talking Politics
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £5,715
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Jenny Holzer
Purple Truisms Survival
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,556
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Jenny Holzer
Untitled (from the Living Series)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £25,400
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MORE TROUBLE THAN THOUGHT, from Tate Modern 21 Years Print Portfolio
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
Sold for £1,270
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Untitled (Selection from the Survival Series)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £16,510
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Jenny Holzer
Selection From Survival: Turn Soft and Lovely Anytime You Have a Chance
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $82,550
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Jenny Holzer
Untitled (With selections from the Living series, Truisms, Survival series)
Estimate £28,000 - 35,000
Sold for £57,150
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MORE TROUBLE THAN THOUGHT, from Tate Modern 21 Years Portfolio
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
Sold for £2,394
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Jenny Holzer
TOP SECRET//STLW//HCS/COMINT//ORCON/NOFORN
Estimate £35,000 - 50,000
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Jenny Holzer
Truisms 5
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $3,024
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Jenny Holzer
Arno
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £50,400
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Jenny Holzer
MORE TROUBLE THAN THOUGHT, from Tate Modern 21 Years Portfolio
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
Sold for £1,386
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Jenny Holzer
Selection From Survival: Trust Visions That Don't Feature Buckets of Blood
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $88,200
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Jenny Holzer
it's hard to know..., from The Survival Series
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $20,160
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Untitled, from Survival Series
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $16,380
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Jenny Holzer
Inflammatory Essays: 10 works
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000
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Jenny Holzer
Someone wants to cut a hole in you... Text: Living (1980-82)
Estimate HK$150,000 - 250,000
Sold for HK$252,000
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Jenny Holzer
Inflammatory Essays
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $8,190
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Jenny Holzer
Arno
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £126,000
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Jenny Holzer
Selections from the Inflammatory Essays
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $37,800
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Jenny Holzer
Under a Rock
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
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Jenny Holzer
Truism Footstool
Estimate HK$150,000 - 250,000
Sold for HK$600,000
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