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Jenny Holzer — Survival: Go where people sleep and...
Jenny Holzer

Survival: Go where people sleep and...

1989

Jenny Holzer's "Survival" series presents fragmented text-based instructions that encourage viewers to consider unconventional actions and social interventions. The incomplete phrase "Go where people sleep and..." exemplifies Holzer's characteristic use of language as a conceptual art medium, where the ambiguity of the statement invites interpretation and contemplation. Created during the 1980s, this work reflects Holzer's broader exploration of how text can challenge assumptions and provoke critical thinking about everyday life and human behavior.

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Jenny Holzer, Survival: Go where people sleep and..., 1989

Jenny Holzer's "Survival" series presents fragmented text-based instructions that encourage viewers to consider unconventional actions and social interventions. The incomplete phrase "Go where people sleep and..." exemplifies Holzer's characteristic use of language as a conceptual art medium, where the ambiguity of the statement invites interpretation and contemplation. Created during the 1980s, this work reflects Holzer's broader exploration of how text can challenge assumptions and provoke critical thinking about everyday life and human behavior.

Year
1989
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Language And Communication, Conceptual Art, Public intervention, American Artist, Social Commentary, Installation Art, Introspective Mood, Contemporary Art, 20th-21st Century, Text-Based Art

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Collected by

Alex Capecelatro, Art Institute of Chicago