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Jenny Holzer — Living Series: There's the Sensation of a lot of Flesh...
Jenny Holzer

Living Series: There's the Sensation of a lot of Flesh...

1989

Jenny Holzer's *Living Series: There's the Sensation of a lot of Flesh...* (1989) presents provocative, unsettling text as the primary artistic medium, continuing the artist's signature approach of using language to confront the viewer with raw, visceral human experience. The work engages the body as both subject and site of tension, evoking themes of vulnerability, desire, and physical existence through carefully chosen words. As part of Holzer's broader Living Series, the piece reflects her ongoing investigation into the power of text to disturb, challenge, and provoke emotional and psychological responses.

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Notes

Execution: Executed in 1989, this work is number 2 from an edition of 3.

🔨 Auction Lot

Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session

May 15, 2020

Estimate: $60,000$80,000

Sold: $101,600

Lot 67

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Jenny Holzer, Living Series: There's the Sensation of a lot of Flesh..., 1989

Jenny Holzer's *Living Series: There's the Sensation of a lot of Flesh...* (1989) presents provocative, unsettling text as the primary artistic medium, continuing the artist's signature approach of using language to confront the viewer with raw, visceral human experience. The work engages the body as both subject and site of tension, evoking themes of vulnerability, desire, and physical existence through carefully chosen words. As part of Holzer's broader Living Series, the piece reflects her ongoing investigation into the power of text to disturb, challenge, and provoke emotional and psychological responses.

Dimensions
91.4 x 45.7 cm
Year
1989
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Institutional Critique, Feminist Art, Text Art, Conceptual Art, Contemporary Artist, American Artist, Social Commentary, Provocative, Female Artist, Language Based Art

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Collected by

Alex Capecelatro, Art Institute of Chicago