About The Work
In this work, comprised of four photographs, Holzer presents images from her projection entitled "Truth Before Power". This temporary projection, was organized by the Kunsthaus Bregenz in Austria in 2004.
Some of Holzer's most innovative and impressive public works used xenon lamps to create public messages intended to be ‘seen and absorbed rather than read’. Holzer projected texts including US government documents, a poem by Henri Cole, and Holzer’s own statements regarding architectural landmarks and landscape panoramas.
The four images in "Truth Before Power" are a clear representation of the historical significance of Holzer’s form and content. Addressing the complicated dialectics of public decision-making pertinent to U.S foreign policies in the Middle East, each image embodies a foreboding warning against dominant power structures.
Imbued with the exposing of ‘classified’ information, we see a pivotal example of Holzer’s influence and trajectory. This exclusive edition of four demonstrates high-end production and the close collaboration between Holzer and the Kunsthaus Bregenz.
About Jenny Holzer
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Digital pigment prints on photo rag paper
21.75 x 17.75 in
55.2 x 45.1 cm
Signed and numbered AC (Archive Copy) by the artist on the colophon page
About The Work
In this work, comprised of four photographs, Holzer presents images from her projection entitled "Truth Before Power". This temporary projection, was organized by the Kunsthaus Bregenz in Austria in 2004.
Some of Holzer's most innovative and impressive public works used xenon lamps to create public messages intended to be ‘seen and absorbed rather than read’. Holzer projected texts including US government documents, a poem by Henri Cole, and Holzer’s own statements regarding architectural landmarks and landscape panoramas.
The four images in "Truth Before Power" are a clear representation of the historical significance of Holzer’s form and content. Addressing the complicated dialectics of public decision-making pertinent to U.S foreign policies in the Middle East, each image embodies a foreboding warning against dominant power structures.
Imbued with the exposing of ‘classified’ information, we see a pivotal example of Holzer’s influence and trajectory. This exclusive edition of four demonstrates high-end production and the close collaboration between Holzer and the Kunsthaus Bregenz.
About Jenny Holzer
From The Magazine
- Interviews & Features: Harland Miller tells Artspace about his new edition R U OK? available to buy now
- Interviews & Features: Harland Miller, Hilary Pecis, Adam Pendleton, and Jordan Casteel create limited edition amphorae for charity.
- Interviews & Features: Art for Democracy: Bid or Buy Now
- Interviews & Features: Jenny Holzer on Art, Life, & Everything In Between
- Interviews & Features: ANATOMY OF AN ARTWORK Untitled (I Shop Therefore I Am) 1987/ 2019 by Barbara Kruger
- This work is framed. Frame measurements are 23.00" x 19.75".
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