Found this online without proper credit. JENNY HOLZER

PJCAD/Foundation/Western Art History

• Her work deals with issues of feminism, social and political issues, especially the kindness and brutalities of social life

• Her graphic work consists of black and white photographs with overlaid captions set in bold font. The phrases deal withcriticism of sexism and misogyny and circulation of power within cultures.Jenny Holzer (1950 - )

• American conceptual artist

• Combines text and images into works of art comprising of short aphorisms or longer declarations

• Influenced by Dada, conceptual art and feminism, her works range from printed signs to LED word sculptures, hugeelectronic billboard in NYC’s Times Square to mounted metal plaques and carved granite benches

• Her artistic slogans have addressed sexism, environmental questions, AIDS and other issues

• Composes collections of one-line statements, public speech in the negative: e.g. “exceptional people deserve specialconcessions”, “Stupid people shouldn’t breed”, “Faithfulness is a social not biological law”, etc

• Famous for “Truisms”, words and statements as works of art – “When someone beats you with a flashlight you make thelight shine in all directions”, “You are a victim of the rules you live by”, “Your oldest fears are the worst ones”, “A lot of professionals are crackpots”, “Protect me from what I want”, “monomania is a prerequisite for success”, “giving free rein toyour ambitions is an honest way to live”, “go all out in romance and let the chips fall where they may

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