DR. S.T. LEE DISTINGUISHED
LECTURE IN THE HUMANITIES
Public Art
Jenny Holzer
Artist
 For
over 25 years, Jenny Holzer has made art out of words.
Her sculptures, benches, LED displays, and xenon projections
have placed provocative messages before the art establishment
and the general public alike. Penn’s campus is graced
with Ms. Holzer’s 125 Years, a curving walkway
with benches and quotations honoring the women of Penn.
We are privileged to hear Ms. Holzer discuss
the evolution and scope of her art, from the posters
and street works of the late 1970s through her memorials,
anti-memorials, projection projects, and architectural
interventions. She also will highlight public projects
by her contemporaries: Barbara Kruger, Keith Haring,
and the artists of Collaborative Projects, the New York-based
ensemble of which she was a member.
Cosponsored by Penn’s Institute
of Contemporary Art, Whenever Wednesday.
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Suggested Reading
Jenny Holzer Xenon
Projections
Jenny Holzer Special
Projects and Permanent Installations
Jenny Holzer, Please
Change Beliefs
Wired interview
with Jenny Holzer, Feb 1994.
Jenny Holzer, "Multidisciplinary
Dweeb," poets.org
Wikipedia
on Jenny Holzer
Truisms,
from "Bosnia: Uncertain Paths to Peace," New
York Times Forum
Jenny Holzer, Words
becoming ART (independent site)
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