Jenny Holzer, 'Purple Truisms Survival' | Freeman's
Channel: Freeman's
Date: 2022-10-20

Jenny Holzer is an American Conceptual artist best known for her text-based art projects. Join our specialist Adrianne Wolkenberg as she talks about a highlight lot from our upcoming Modern and Contemporary Art sale on October 25.

Lot 80
Jenny Holzer (American, b. 1950) 
Purple Truisms Survival

Holzer's work speaks of violence, oppression, sexuality, feminism, power, war, and the fragility of life. 
 
In the late 1970s, Holzer began posting printed sheets on oblique text, uncredited and unsigned in public spaces, calling them Truisms. The nearly 300 slogans utilize a series of modern clichés or commonly held truths. A small selection of Truisms includes: "A lot of professionals are crackpots"; "Abuse of power comes as no surprise"; "Bad intentions can yield good results"; and "Categorizing fear is calming." 

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