Jenny Holzer
Jenny Holzer
Jenny Holzer is an American neo-conceptual artist, based in Hoosick Falls, New York. The main focus of her work is the delivery of words and ideas in public spaces...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPainter
Date of Birth29 July 1950
CountryUnited States of America
school years cities
TRYING TO BE POPULAR IN HIGH SCHOOL IS LIKE TRYING TO BE MAYOR OF A CITY THAT WON'T EXIST IN FOUR YEARS.
sake slipping madness
Slipping into madness is good for the sake of comparison
art interesting desire
If you have many desires your life will be interesting.
want protect
Protect me from what I want.
abuse surprise abuse-of-power
Abuse of power comes as no surprise
arrogance lucky today
My arrogance knows no bounds and I will make no peace today, and you should be so lucky to find a woman like me.
victim live-by
You are a victim of the rules you live by.
mindless inactivity
At times inactivity is preferable to mindless functioning.
abandon anyone bread canvas geometric intriguing paint patterns people pigeons strips
I'd paint long strips of canvas and abandon them on the beach, or put bread out in geometric patterns for the pigeons downtown. I wanted people to find something nice and intriguing to puzzle over. Then I'd go back to see if the things were still there, or if anyone would notice.
The epiphany for me was that I wasn't a writer, and I had to do something with these texts. I put them in the streets as posters.
began texts
I began to see that the short texts I was writing were poster material.
pain interesting
When you start liking pain things start to get interesting.