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Jenny Holzer
Truism 1
- Estimate
- $2,000 - 3,000
$4,445
Lot Details
Electronic mini LED screen with red diodes, contained in the original black painted wood artist's specified frame.
1983-91
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.
Specialist
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"
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"
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Literature
Jenny Holzer
American | 1950Jenny 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.