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Jenny Holzer — If You Aren't Political Your Personal Life Should be Exemplary
Jenny Holzer

If You Aren't Political Your Personal Life Should be Exemplary

1998

Jenny Holzer's 'If You Aren't Political Your Personal Life Should be Exemplary' (1998) is a bronze plaque featuring text-based art. The work employs Holzer's signature approach of using language as a medium to provoke reflection on politics and personal conduct.

Medium
bronze plaque

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Contemporary Art

March 5, 2021

Estimate: $10,000$15,000

Lot 478

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Jenny Holzer, If You Aren't Political Your Personal Life Should be Exemplary, 1998

Jenny Holzer's 'If You Aren't Political Your Personal Life Should be Exemplary' (1998) is a bronze plaque featuring text-based art. The work employs Holzer's signature approach of using language as a medium to provoke reflection on politics and personal conduct.

Medium
bronze plaque
Year
1998
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Bronze, Political, Minimalist, American, Text-Based, Conceptual Art, Philosophical, Black, Contemporary, Public Installation

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Collected by

Alex Capecelatro, Art Institute of Chicago