Holzer-isms: Artist’s Edition presents a selection of artist Jenny Holzer’s Truisms (1977–79)—subtly subversive declarations such as ABUSE OF POWER COMES AS NO SURPRISE—on six foldout posters designed by the artist.

Important and influential works of word-art, Truisms are single-sentence statements resembling existing aphorisms, maxims, and clichés. By distilling difficult and contentious ideas into seemingly straightforward statements of fact, they examine the social construction of beliefs, mores, and truths. First displayed on anonymous street posters pasted throughout downtown Manhattan, they have since appeared on T-shirts, hats, electronic signs, stone floors, and benches.

Les affiches de Holzer-isms : Artist's Edition sont présentées dans un coffret spécial recouvert de tissu et estampillé, qui contient également un livret contenant une introduction à Truisms, une biographie de Holzer et une brève chronologie de sa carrière. Le résultat est une manière unique de découvrir l'art puissant et provocateur de Holzer, basé sur les mots.

Jenny Holzer

Princeton University Press, 2024

14 X 12 cm, 32 pages