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Jenny Holzer (born July 29, 1950) is an American neo-conceptual artist, based in Hoosick, New York. The main focus of her work is the delivery of words and ideas in public spaces and includes large-scale installations, advertising billboards, projections on buildings and other structures, and illuminated electronic displays.
Discover the work of Jenny Holzer, a renowned artist who uses words as her medium to provoke and engage.
Light Line highlights the incisive use of the written word across time and media in Holzer’s practice. In addition to the LED sign, the exhibition features a selection of Holzer’s works from the 1970s to the present day, including paintings, works on paper, and stone pieces.
May 16, 2024 · Thirty-five years after she first set the Guggenheim’s rotunda ablaze with an electronic text racing along its spiral ramp, Jenny Holzer is reprising the installation, and turning up the heat.
- Nancy Princenthal
Summary of Jenny Holzer. The text-based art of Jenny Holzer appears in places one wouldn't expect to find it. On t-shirts, billboards, parking meters and LED signs (Holzer's signature medium), her stark one-liners call attention to social injustice and shed light on dark corners of the human psyche.
- American
- July 29, 1950
- Gallipolis, Ohio
Jenny Holzer is an American Conceptual artist best known for her text-based public art projects. View Jenny Holzer’s 982 artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices.
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Jun 20, 2024 · Jenny Holzer is an American artist who utilizes original and borrowed text to create works that explore contemporary issues. She is best known for her LED sign sculptures that display carefully composed yet fleeting phrases that act as verbal meditations on power, trauma, knowledge, and hope.
