Jenny Holzer
Many artists seek to have a powerful influence on the public through the drama and communicative elements of their work. Neo-Conceptualist artist Jenny Holzer is certainly among those artists whose strong social and moral values motivate them to speak out on important social and political issues. Holzer's background shows that the artist found her artistic calling after her first two years in college. She was born in 1950 and first pursued her education at Duke University in liberal arts before realizing what she truly wanted to achieve was an education in fine arts and painting. She was awarded a B.F.A. (Bachelors of Fine Arts) at Ohio University in 1972 and an M.F.A. (Masters of Fine Arts) from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1977, according to The New York Times "Forums." This paper delves into Holzer's themes -- in particular, her truism themes -- her materials, the communication that radiates out from her artwork and the emotions she stirs in the hearts and minds of those who see her works.
Paragraph 2: Why does Holzer create these extraordinarily stark and shocking images using words based on her truisms? In a New York Press interview with art critic Paddy Johnson -- prior to her show at the Whitney Museum in New York -- Holzer, a native New Yorker, said that her art is a reflection of her view of the world and society. "I try to marry form, function, information, beauty, time, transcendence, realism, legibility, phantoms and more -- and then make sure the stuff works" (Paddy, 2009, p. 1). In answering Johnson's question ("…what are the more useful capacities art can service today… ), Holzer explained that she wants to be "…useful somehow to justify my existence. I don't think art has to be useful, at least in any straightforward way." She went on to explain...
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