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Jenny Holzer

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b. 1950, USA

Jenny Holzer (*1950) has been probing the aesthetic and political intersection of language, installation, and painting since the late 1970s. Holzer displays her own and other texts in a variety of media, including LED tickers and light projections in public spaces, confronting current events and topics such as war and sexual violence in a way that defies didacticism and challenges the viewer's passivity.

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Jenny Holzer (*1950, Gallipolis, OH) lives and works in New York. Selected solo shows include ICA, London (1988), Dia Art Foundation, New York and Guggenheim Museum, New York (both 1989), Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (1991), Hamburger Kunsthalle (2000), Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin (2001, 2011), The Barbican Centre, London (2006), Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2009), Foundation Beyeler, Basel (2009), DHC/ART Foundation for Contemporary Art, Montreal and The Baltic, Gateshead (both 2010), Museo Correr, Venice (2015), Lune Rouge and Art Projects Ibiza (2016), Massachussets Museum of Modern Art, North Adams (2017—present), Blenheim Art Foundation, Woodstock (2017), Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao (2019), and Tate (2019). Group shows include Whitney Museum, New York (1983, 1988, 1989, 1996, 2015), documenta 8, Kassel (1987), Centre Pompidou, Paris (1988, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005), MoMA, New York (1988, 1992, 1996, 1997, 2005, 2008), Hayward Gallery, London (1992, 2013), Venice Biennale, Venice (2005), The Barbican Centre, London (2008) and Victoria and Albert Museum, London (2011), Malba, Buenos Aires (2012), Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2014), and MoMA PS1, New York (2019).

Text courtesy Sprüth Magers.

Recent Exhibitions

Contemporary art exhibition, Group Exhibition, Mies In Mind at Sprüth Magers, Berlin, Germany Closed 20 August–4 September 2021 Group Exhibition Mies In Mind Berlin
Contemporary art exhibition, Group Exhibition, Eau de Cologne at HART Hall, H Queen's, G/F, 80 Queen's Road Central, Central, Hong Kong, Berlin, Germany Closed 26 March–12 April 2019 Group Exhibition Eau de Cologne Berlin
Contemporary art exhibition, Group Exhibition, Eau de Cologne at Sprüth Magers, Los Angeles, USA Closed 28 June–20 August 2016 Group Exhibition Eau de Cologne Los Angeles

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Bannon first met Trump by Jenny Holzer contemporary artwork painting, works on paper
Jenny Holzer Bannon first met Trump, 2021 U.S. government document, 24k gold, platinum and red gold leaf and oil on linen
259.7 x 200.7 x 3.8 cm
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Selection from Truisms: Action causes... by Jenny Holzer contemporary artwork sculpture
Jenny Holzer Selection from Truisms: Action causes..., 2015 Text: Truisms, 1977–79; Dark Labradorite footstool
43.2 x 63.5 x 40.6 cm
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HEAP by Jenny Holzer contemporary artwork sculpture
Jenny Holzer HEAP, 2012 Array of 7 LED signs with stainless steel housing: 3 with blue and red diodes on front, amber and green diodes on back; 4 with blue and red diodes on front, amber and blue diodes on back
266.2 x 241.3 x 241.3 cm
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Page 11 Text: U.S. government document, 2016 by Jenny Holzer contemporary artwork painting
Jenny Holzer Page 11 Text: U.S. government document, 2016, 2016 Oil on linen
203.2 x 157.5 x 3.8 cm
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Truisms: Humor is a releaseText: Truisms, 1977-79 by Jenny Holzer contemporary artwork sculpture
Jenny Holzer Truisms: Humor is a release Text: Truisms, 1977-79, 2019 Oak stone bench
43.2 x 121.9 x 50.8 cm
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Selection from Truisms: A sense of timing...Text: Truisms, 1977-79 by Jenny Holzer contemporary artwork sculpture
Jenny Holzer Selection from Truisms: A sense of timing... Text: Truisms, 1977-79, 2014 Cipollino Cremo Tirreno marble, text inscription
43.2 x 63.5 x 40.6 cm
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Even with your eyes closed... by Jenny Holzer contemporary artwork mixed media
Jenny Holzer Even with your eyes closed..., 1981 Enamel on metal, hand-painted sign: black on white
53.3 x 58.4 cm
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Blue Laments Arno and Amber Truisms Living by Jenny Holzer contemporary artwork installation
Jenny Holzer Blue Laments Arno and Amber Truisms Living, 2008 Curved LED signs with blue and amber diodes
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Los Angeles Art Week 2022: In Photos Ocula Photolog Los Angeles Art Week 2022: In Photos

View highlights of Frieze Los Angeles 2022 and the best exhibitions happening around the city from 17 to 22 February.

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The Artists Leading Action on Climate Change During COP26 Ocula News The Artists Leading Action on Climate Change During COP26 Glasgow, 8 November 2021

Jenny Holzer, Mary Ellen Carroll, and Steuart Padwick are just a few of the artists urging action during the Glasgow summit.

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Kiaf Seoul Marks 20th Anniversary with an International Outlook Ocula Insight Kiaf Seoul Marks 20th Anniversary with an International Outlook By Sherry Paik, Seoul

As Seoul cements itself as one of the world's most attractive art hubs, Kiaf Seoul celebrates its 20th anniversary edition.

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Art Basel is Back, Dealers Say, With Some Caveats Ocula News Art Basel is Back, Dealers Say, With Some Caveats Basel, 27 September 2021

Galleries were enthusiastic about how the fair went, despite slower sales and a significant drop in visitors.

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Jenny Holzer Hits Her Mark in a Major, Largely Unnoticed Retrospective Related Press Jenny Holzer Hits Her Mark in a Major, Largely Unnoticed Retrospective 29 August 2019, Hyperallergic

BILBAO, Spain — One of the strangest things about this exhibition is how invisible it is beyond Bilbao. How does it happen that a major artist like Jenny Holzer gets a major retrospective — the larg

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Jenny Holzer’s piercing beacons of truth light up Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Related Press Jenny Holzer’s piercing beacons of truth light up Guggenheim Museum Bilbao 29 March 2019, Wallpaper*

Jenny Holzer was 26 when she arrived in New York. The freshman art student at the Whitney Museum had grown up in Gallipolis, Ohio, a sleepy town in America's Midwest, and had spent her early twenties

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Connecting the Dots in the Met Breuer’s Show About Conspiracy Theories Related Press Connecting the Dots in the Met Breuer’s Show About Conspiracy Theories 15 October 2018, Hyperallergic

It will likely take me months to digest all the lessons I've learned from The Met Breuer's newest exhibition, Everything Is Connected: Art and Conspiracy, so it's a good thing that the show stays op

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San Francisco’s New Transit Center Features Public Art by Jenny Holzer, Julie Chang, and Ned Kahn Related Press San Francisco’s New Transit Center Features Public Art by Jenny Holzer, Julie Chang, and Ned Kahn 7 August 2018, Hyperallergic

With their lobbying efforts beginning in 2006, the San Francisco Arts Commission convinced the intergovernmental agency developing the center to commit $4.75 million to on-site public art. Ranging fro

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