Jenny Holzer American, b. 1950
Living Series: There's the Sensation of a lot of Flesh... , 1989
Granite bench
17 x 36 x 18 in. (43.2 x 91.4 x 45.7 cm)
this work is number 2 from an edition of 3.
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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...
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.
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.
Provenance
Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York
Private Collection (acquired in 1990)
Charles Riva Collection