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JENNY HOLZER | White Tower
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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Description
- Jenny Holzer
- White Tower
- two-sided LED freestanding tower with white diodes and stainless steel base
- tower: 120 1/8 by 5 3/8 by 5 3/8 in. 305.1 by 13.7 by 13.7 cm.
- base: 2 3/4 by 24 by 24 in. 7 by 61 by 61 cm.
- Executed in 2007, this work is unique.
Provenance
Yvon Lambert Gallery, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2007
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2007
Condition
This work is in very good and structurally sound condition overall. The work is currently wired for EU outlets (220V) and requires a transformer in order to be compatible with US outlets (110V). Please note this work needs a replacement LED panel that is being ordered and is set to arrive following the auction. Please contact the Contemporary Art Department for further information.
Catalogue Note
THE JOKE’S ON YOUI’M BIDING MY TIME LOOKING FOR THE SPOT
YOU THINK NO ONE CAN REACH YOU
NO ONE CAN HAVE WHAT YOU HAVE
I’VE BEEN PLANNING WHILE YOU’RE PLAYING
I’VE BEEN SAVING WHILE YOU’RE SPENDING
THE GAME IS ALMOST OVER SO IT’S TIME YOU ACKNOWLEDGE ME
DO YOU WANT TO FALL NOT EVER KNOWING WHO TOOK YOU?
FEAR IS THE MOST ELEGANT WEAPON
YOUR HANDS ARE NEVER MESSY
THREATENING BODILY HARM IS CRUDE
WORK INSTEAD ON MINDS AND BELIEFS
PLAY INSECURITIES LIKE A PIANO
BE CREATIVE IN APPROACH
FORCE ANXIETY TO EXCRUCIATING LEVELS OR GENTLY UNDERMINE THE PUBLIC CONFIDENCE
PANIC DRIVES HUMAN HERDS OVER CLIFFS
AN ALTERNATIVE IS TERROR-INDUCED IMMOBILIZATION
FEAR FEEDS ON FEAR
PUT THIS EFFICIENT PROCESS IN MOTION
MANIPULATION IS NOT LIMITED TO PEOPLE
ECONOMIC SOCIAL AND DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS CAN BE SHAKEN
IT WILL BE DEMONSTRATED THAT NOTHING IS SAFE SACRED OR SANE
THERE IS NO RESPITE FROM HORROR
ABSOLUTES ARE QUICKSILVER
RESULTS ARE SPECTACULAR
FREEDOM IS IT!
Selections from Survival text in the present work
YOU THINK NO ONE CAN REACH YOU
NO ONE CAN HAVE WHAT YOU HAVE
I’VE BEEN PLANNING WHILE YOU’RE PLAYING
I’VE BEEN SAVING WHILE YOU’RE SPENDING
THE GAME IS ALMOST OVER SO IT’S TIME YOU ACKNOWLEDGE ME
DO YOU WANT TO FALL NOT EVER KNOWING WHO TOOK YOU?
FEAR IS THE MOST ELEGANT WEAPON
YOUR HANDS ARE NEVER MESSY
THREATENING BODILY HARM IS CRUDE
WORK INSTEAD ON MINDS AND BELIEFS
PLAY INSECURITIES LIKE A PIANO
BE CREATIVE IN APPROACH
FORCE ANXIETY TO EXCRUCIATING LEVELS OR GENTLY UNDERMINE THE PUBLIC CONFIDENCE
PANIC DRIVES HUMAN HERDS OVER CLIFFS
AN ALTERNATIVE IS TERROR-INDUCED IMMOBILIZATION
FEAR FEEDS ON FEAR
PUT THIS EFFICIENT PROCESS IN MOTION
MANIPULATION IS NOT LIMITED TO PEOPLE
ECONOMIC SOCIAL AND DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS CAN BE SHAKEN
IT WILL BE DEMONSTRATED THAT NOTHING IS SAFE SACRED OR SANE
THERE IS NO RESPITE FROM HORROR
ABSOLUTES ARE QUICKSILVER
RESULTS ARE SPECTACULAR
FREEDOM IS IT!
Selections from Survival text in the present work