Jenny Holzer
본래 추상 회화와 프린트 작업을 해오던 작가 제니 홀저는 1970년대 후반 뉴욕으로 거취를 옮긴 시점부터 작업의 방향을 텍스트를 사용한 개념 미술로 전향한다. 작가 자신이 써낸 짧은 경구의 집합 등과 같은 여러 텍스트 시리즈를 비롯해 비스와바 쉼보르스카, 헨리 콜과 같은 타 문인들의 텍스트를 작업 전반에 걸쳐 사용하는 작가는 LED나 라이트 프로젝션과 같은 가장 현시대적이고 상업적인 매체를 주로 사용한다. 대표적인 미디어 작업에서부터 대리석이나 프린트, 설치 작업에 이르기까지 작가는 경각심을 불러일으키는 사회적 역사 및 정치적 이슈에 관한 짧은 문구들을 작품에 담아내며 보는 이들에게 강한 임팩트를 남긴다. 제니 홀저의 작품은 공공장소와 국제적인 전시들을 통해서 끊임없이 선보여지고 있다.
Jenny Holzer (b.1950, American) is an installation and Conceptual artist best known for her use of the light-emitting diode (LED) screen, and her widely recognized Truisms series. Holzer began experimenting with language in the form of installations, anonymous public works, and flyers. In 1977, Holzer began her first truly public series, Truisms, consisting of provocative one-line aphorisms printed in an italic bold font, confronting the viewer through the unsettling element of truth in each proclamation, such as “men are not monogamous by nature” and “money creates taste.” Such concise allegations elicit public discussion, directly engaging viewers in a larger discourse on society that often broaches polemical issues. Holzer is often compared to the American artist Barbara Kruger, who shares a similar affinity for prompting public debate through text. Because of the adaptable nature of Holzer’s art, her work has been adapted for commercial manufacturing, and can be seen on t-shirts, stickers, tote bags, paper weights, benches, and even sarcophagi. Holzer’s work has received much public attention, and has been placed in public areas like Times Square in New York City, as well as projected on the facades of prominent buildings. Her work is represented in museum collections worldwide, and, in 2008, the Whitney Museum in New York organized Protect Protect, a retrospective of Holzer’s work.
Jenny Holzer (b.1950)
PATRIOT
2022
Oil and leaf on linen
203.2 x 157.5 x 3.8 cm
Jenny Holzer (b.1950)
IN PART
2018-21
Oil on linen
46.2 x 61 x 3.8 cm
Jenny Holzer (b.1950)
Selection from Survival: Use what is dominant...
2006
Piana carrara marble footstool
43.2 x 58.4 x 40 cm
Ed. 6/10 + 2AP