
Die Fast and Quiet... (from The Survival Series)
This cast marble work by Jenny Holzer presents a stark, commanding phrase carved into the cold permanence of stone, creating a jarring tension between the weight of the material and the urgency of its message. Part of her *Survival Series*, the work exemplifies Holzer's practice of embedding provocative, aphoristic language into monumental or everyday forms, forcing viewers to confront unsettling ideas in unexpected contexts. The choice of marble lends the blunt declaration an air of timeless authority, as though enshrining a darkly ironic instruction for endurance.
- Medium
- cast marble
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Under the Influence
March 7, 2014
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