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Holzer-Isms: Artist's Edition

Holzer-Isms: Artist's Edition

By Jenny Holzer

Holzer-isms: Artist's edition presents a selection of acclaimed artist Jenny Holzer's celebrated Truisms (1977-79)--a subtly subversive collection of declarations such as ABUSE OF POWER COMES AS NO SURPRISE--on six foldout posters designed by the artist. This boxed collection, a special edition to the ISMs series, offers a unique way to experience Holzer's powerful and thought-provoking word-based art.

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Book Information

Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publish Date: 02/06/2024
Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780691228594
ISBN-10: 0691228590
Language: English

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A box of beautifully designed foldout posters featuring acclaimed artist Jenny Holzer's celebrated Truisms Holzer-isms: Artist's Edition presents a selection of artist Jenny Holzer's Truisms (1977-79)--subtly subversive declarations such as ABUSE OF POWER COMES AS NO SURPRISE--on six foldout posters designed by the artist. Important and influential works of word-art, Truisms are single-sentence statements resembling existing aphorisms, maxims, and clichés. By distilling difficult and contentious ideas into seemingly straightforward statements of fact, they examine the social construction of beliefs, mores, and truths. First displayed on anonymous street posters pasted throughout downtown Manhattan, they have since appeared on T-shirts, hats, electronic signs, stone floors, and benches. The stunning posters in Holzer-isms: Artist's Edition come in a special cloth-covered, foil-stamped box, which also features a booklet containing an introduction to Truisms, a biography of Holzer, and a brief chronology of her career. The result is a unique way to experience Holzer's powerful and provocative word-based art. Holzer-isms contains:

  • Six 21.5" wide × 31.5" high (55 cm × 80 cm) foldout posters
  • A booklet featuring an introduction, a biography of Holzer, and a brief chronology of her career

About the Author

Jenny Holzer has presented her astringent ideas, arguments, and sorrows in public places and international exhibitions, including the Venice Biennale, the Guggenheim Museums in New York and Bilbao, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Louvre Abu Dhabi.

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