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Jenny Holzer
Selection from Survival: People look like...
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- $250,000 - 350,000
$275,000
Lot Details
Sodalite Blue bench
Text: Survival, 1983-85
incised with the artist's initials and number "JH2065.1/3" on the underside
incised with the artist's initials and number "JH2065.1/3" on the underside
17 x 42 x 20 in. (43.2 x 106.7 x 50.8 cm.)
Executed in 2015, this work is number 1 from an edition of 3.
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Jenny Holzer lives and works in New York. A conceptual artist best known for her text-based public art projects, her work speaks of violence, oppression, sexuality, feminism, power, war and death. Throughout the years, Holzer has employed a variety of media and platforms for her work, from T-shirt designs and commemorative plaques to LED signs and paintings. Starting in the 1970s with her New York City posters, and continuing through her recent light projections on landscape and architecture, Holzer uses art as a form of communication and commentary.
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Jenny Holzer
American | 1950Jenny Holzer is a Conceptual artist best known for her text-based public art projects. Holzer's work speaks of violence, oppression, sexuality, feminism, power, war and death. Throughout the years, Holzer has employed a variety of media, from a T-shirt to a plaque to an LED sign. Starting in the 1970s with the New York City posters, and continuing through her recent light projections on landscape and architecture, she uses her art as a form of communication and commentary. Holzer's art hangs in important collections around the globe including 7 World Trade Center, the Venice Biennale, the Guggenheim Museums in New York and Bilbao and the Whitney Museum of American Art.
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