Jenny Holzer

Among America`s best-known artists, Jenny Holzer examines the power of language through glowing, disembodied texts enunciated by an unstable register of personae: is this the voice of an ad-man, a stand-up comic, a torturer, an evangelist? In addition to having written many off-quoted Truisms (such as `Abuse of Power Comes As No Surprise`), she has found visually stunning means of conveying them -- from the anonymous posters hung in the streets of Manhattan, to electronic signs in a sports stadium, to a giant installation spiralling up the Guggenheim Museum interior. Holzer, awarded the Leone d`Oro prize for her contribution to the 1990 Venice Biennale, fuses influences ranging from advertising to Minimalism`s use of industrial materials in an innovative form of public art. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.