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Jenny Holzer — Jenny Holzer
Jenny Holzer

Jenny Holzer

Jenny Holzer is renowned for her text-based art that confronts viewers with provocative statements, aphorisms, and truisms drawn from politics, power, and the human condition. Her work spans a variety of mediums, including LED displays, projections, and printed matter, bringing language itself to the forefront as both subject and material. Through the strategic placement of words in public and gallery spaces, Holzer challenges audiences to question authority, violence, and the structures that shape everyday life.

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Editions & Works on Paper

October 17, 2017

Estimate: $2,000$3,000

Sold: $3,250

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Jenny Holzer, Jenny Holzer

Jenny Holzer is renowned for her text-based art that confronts viewers with provocative statements, aphorisms, and truisms drawn from politics, power, and the human condition. Her work spans a variety of mediums, including LED displays, projections, and printed matter, bringing language itself to the forefront as both subject and material. Through the strategic placement of words in public and gallery spaces, Holzer challenges audiences to question authority, violence, and the structures that shape everyday life.

Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Institutional Critique, Minimalist Aesthetic, Public Art, Conceptual Art, Language Art, Contemporary Artist, American Artist, Political Commentary, Bold Typography, Contemporary Art, Female Artist, Text-Based Art, Provocative Messaging

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Collected by

Alex Capecelatro, Art Institute of Chicago