Jenny Holzer - Editions & Works on Paper New York Thursday, February 15, 2024 | Phillips

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  • Literature

    Ars Publicata, Jenny Holzer, 1991.01

  • Catalogue Essay

    "THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR WILL BE SECRET

    YOU ARE TRAPPED ON THE EARTH SO YOU WILL EXPLODE

    WHAT URGE WILL SAVE US NOW THAT SEX WON'T?

    THE FUTURE IS STUPID

    SILLY HOLES IN PEOPLE ARE FOR BREEDING OR ARE FROM SHOOTING"

  • Artist Biography

    Jenny Holzer

    American • 1950

    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. 

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Truism 1

1983-91
Electronic mini LED screen with red diodes, contained in the original black painted wood artist's specified frame.
3 3/4 x 4 1/2 x 1 1/8 in. (9.5 x 11.4 x 2.9 cm)
Incised with numbering '51' on the reverse (the edition was 100), published by the artist.

Estimate
$2,000 - 3,000 

Sold for $4,445

Editions & Works on Paper

New York Auction 15 February 2024