JENNY HOLZER
b. 1950, United StatesA neo-conceptual artist Jenny Holzer is one of the most significant artists to work in the public realm since the 1980s. The focus of her work is the delivery of words and ideas in public spaces and includes large-scale installations, advertising billboards, projections on buildings and other structures, and illuminated electronic displays.
Holzer has become the voice of multiple generations, bringing to light that which is often thought but rarely spoken. Addressing the themes of feminism, power, violence, oppression, consumerism, despair, poverty and corruption, artist is concerned with reaching a wide audience – she intentionally takes art out of the museum and gallery context making it more accessible to the public.
Starting on the streets of New York with simple fly-posters, she has gone on to disseminate poetic, political, and personal texts, slogans, and aphorisms through a variety of media. Since mid 1990’s Holzer has created dozens of outdoor light projections on buildings in over 50 countries in cities ranging from Singapore to San Diego.
The permanent installation by Jenny Holzer can be seen in many public and art spaces as Peggy Guggenheim Collection (‘Garden Bench’, Venice, Italy), Louvre Abu Dhabi (‘For the Louvre Abu Dhabi’, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates), Museo Guggenheim Bilbao (Bilbao, Spain), Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (Amsterdam, Netherlands) and many others.
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