Artist Post #7
October 18, 2010
Jenny Holzer
Relation:
Jenny Holzer's work relates to my senior portfolio project on the issue of text. Holzer uses text and writing in public spaces to spread an idea. She began with posters and LED lighted signs and then began using a wide array of mediums like bronze plaques, painted signs, stone benches, stickers, T-shirts, etc. Between 1977 and 2001, she used self-written texts. In 1993, she began using texts written by others. She has also turned to texts from important documents recently. For example she has been using de-classified US Army documents from the Iraq War. Her main goal in using text is to enlighten the public on issues that are usually kept quiet. This also relates to my work. The idea in my project isn't something that is kept "hidden" like in Holzer's work, but it is a topic that people seem to turn a blind eye to.
Biography:
Jenny Holzer was born in Ohio and mainly fits under the category of "American conceptual artist." As far as schooling is concerned, she first attended Ohio University, then the Rhode Island School of Design, and then completed an Independent Study through the Whitney Museum of American Art. She originally worked mainly with abstract art and then moved into text as her main concept. Her work now focuses on heavy topics such as violence, oppression, power, war, and death.
Quotes:
"I’ve spent a fair amount of time alone, on my work, and so it’s with real joy that I go to other people to make something larger than I could have done solo."
Source:
Holzer, Jenny. Art:21Intervew. PBS. Web. 14 Oct 2010..
"Listening has become my habit because hopefully, by the end of the day, I can make the artwork more fitted."
Source:
Holzer, Jenny. The Poetry Foundation. Intervew by John Yau and Shelley Jackson . 07 Jun 2006. Web. 14 Oct 2010..
Links:
Gallery Rep #1
Gallery Rep #2
Artist Website
Interview
Jenny Holzer
Relation:
Jenny Holzer's work relates to my senior portfolio project on the issue of text. Holzer uses text and writing in public spaces to spread an idea. She began with posters and LED lighted signs and then began using a wide array of mediums like bronze plaques, painted signs, stone benches, stickers, T-shirts, etc. Between 1977 and 2001, she used self-written texts. In 1993, she began using texts written by others. She has also turned to texts from important documents recently. For example she has been using de-classified US Army documents from the Iraq War. Her main goal in using text is to enlighten the public on issues that are usually kept quiet. This also relates to my work. The idea in my project isn't something that is kept "hidden" like in Holzer's work, but it is a topic that people seem to turn a blind eye to.
Biography:
Jenny Holzer was born in Ohio and mainly fits under the category of "American conceptual artist." As far as schooling is concerned, she first attended Ohio University, then the Rhode Island School of Design, and then completed an Independent Study through the Whitney Museum of American Art. She originally worked mainly with abstract art and then moved into text as her main concept. Her work now focuses on heavy topics such as violence, oppression, power, war, and death.
Quotes:
"I’ve spent a fair amount of time alone, on my work, and so it’s with real joy that I go to other people to make something larger than I could have done solo."
Source:
Holzer, Jenny. Art:21Intervew. PBS. Web. 14 Oct 2010.
"Listening has become my habit because hopefully, by the end of the day, I can make the artwork more fitted."
Source:
Holzer, Jenny. The Poetry Foundation. Intervew by John Yau and Shelley Jackson . 07 Jun 2006. Web. 14 Oct 2010.
Links:
Gallery Rep #1
Gallery Rep #2
Artist Website
Interview
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