Truisms Posters by Jenny Holzer

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  • Truisms, 1977-1979 (Every achievement requires a sacrifice — Imposing order)        Jenny Holzer        Ephemera / Out of Print Ephemera        $300.00
  • Truisms, 1977-1979 (Trading a life for a life is fair enough — Your oldest fears)        Jenny Holzer        Ephemera / Out of Print Ephemera        $300.00
  • Truisms, 1977-1979 (Being honest is not always the kindest way — Even your family)        Jenny Holzer        Ephemera / Out of Print Ephemera        $500.00

Posters from the Truisms 1977-1979 series produced by Holzer, one of a large group sent by the artist to the Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art for its exhibition Secular Attitudes: Jenny Holzer, Fred Lonidier, The Sisters of Survival, Karen Atkinson, and Muntadas, February 15–March 23, 1985. The offset-printed posters were included in the exhibition and posted around LAICA and on nearby buildings as advertising for the show beforehand. This poster is one of the few copies remaining from the event. Bob Smith, the founder of LAICA, wrote about these works as follows:   “The Holzer Truisms may be from the Hamburg edition, but she could have had more printed before the LAICA show. I think the reason there isn’t much information on the printing of her work is that she didn’t think that was important.  She didn’t care in the Secular Attitudes show how the posters were used, how many we used or who would be in the show with her.  She was very confident her work could stand on its own anywhere.  Unusual and very impressive for an artist.”

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  1. Jenny Holzer
    Truisms, 1977-1979 (Being honest is not always the kindest way — Even your family)
    New York, NY: J. Holzer, ca. 1985
    unknown
    Out of stock
  2. Jenny Holzer
    Truisms, 1977-1979 (Every achievement requires a sacrifice — Imposing order)
    New York, NY: J. Holzer, ca. 1985
    Out of stock
  3. Jenny Holzer
    Truisms, 1977-1979 (Trading a life for a life is fair enough — Your oldest fears)
    New York, NY: J. Holzer, ca. 1985
    Out of stock
Last updated 9/17/2020
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