Showing posts with label Jenny Holzer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jenny Holzer. Show all posts

Beyond the Streets



At the moment more than one hundred of the most celebrated graffiti and street artists are showing works at BEYOND THE STREETS in Los Angeles' Venice Pavillion.

Site-specific installations, photography, sculptures and paintings are shown in- and outdoors as a tribute to Los Angeles.

The exhibition includes artworks of Faile, Shepard Fairey, Lady Aiko, Dan Witz, Banksy, Martha Cooper, Invader, Keith Haring, Jenny Holzer, Swoon and VHILS.

Art collector Roger Gastman( Art in the Streets) curated the show. Gastman is also known as co- founder of Fairey's Swindle magazine and co- producer of Banksy's documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop. Other curators are Evan Pricco( editor of Juxtapoz magazine), David Villorente and author Caleb Neelon.

The must see installations include Faile's temple, a playful, interactive sacred structure, banners of the feminist collective Guerrilla Girls and a playable handball court with artwork by Lee Quiñones.


All-text Jenny Holzer



American installation artist Jenny Holzer(1950) can easily be described as a street artist focusing on content.
Holzer received a BFA(painting and printing, Ohio University 1972 ) and enrolled in the Rhode Island School of Design. At the RISD she began to introduce language into her work, an essential element in her public projects. 


She created her first Truisms(1977-1979) on the streets of New York when she enrolled in the Whitney Museum Independent Study program. Initially these Truisms were one-liners on posters. 
Later on these slogans were shared with the public in another form, other media: LED displays, outdoor light projections, ....


Whether pasted or projected, this artist is spreading her reflective message in a humorous way.


Jenny Holzer
Joan Simon, David Joselit, Renata Saleci
ISBN 07148375 47


Holzer's publications:
A little Knowledge 1979
Black Book 1980
Hotel 1980
Living 1980
Eating Friends 1981
Eating through living 1981
Truisms and Essays 1983