Jenny Holzer
November 1, 2009 - January 24, 2010
Foundation Beyeler, Riehen
American artist Jenny Holzer (b. 1950) is one of the most significant artists of our time. She has held exhibitions and presented art projects worldwide and won many awards, including the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale (1990). Fondation Beyeler is presenting her first large exhibition in a Swiss museum. Incorporating texts she has written since the late 1970s, the show comprises important objects from various phases of Holzer's career since the 1980s. The focus is on recent works, some of which have never before been shown in Europe. On view are paintings and sculptures, as well as her famous LED installations, containing compelling combinations of overwhelming visual effects and memorable texts of a poetic, socio-critical, and political nature. The presentation is supplemented by a selection of works the artist has chosen from the Beyeler Collection (A. Giacometti, P. Picasso, K. Malevich, and F. Bacon). In addition to the museum space, the exhibition also extends outdoors to the public domain. Spectacular light projections on key buildings and sites in Basel, Baselland, and Zurich will be on view on special nights.
Conceived in close cooperation with the artist and the MCA, Chicago, the exhibition was curated by Elizabeth A.T. Smith and Philippe Büttner
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LED installation
Paintings
Sculptural works
Projections in the public space
Exclusive Mobile Art Project
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During the exhbition Jenny Holzer at the Fondation Beyeler, projections by the artist will be on view on special nights in Basel, Baselland and Zurich:
BASEL
Fondation Beyeler, Riehen / Basel: October 31, 2009, 6pm - 8:30pm
City Hall: October 31 to November 2, 2009, 7:30pm - 12:00pm (midnight)
Cathedral / Pfalz (wall)
(projection over the Rhine): November 3 and November 4, 2009
7:30pm - 12:00pm (midnight)
Swiss Railway Station (Bahnhof SBB): November 5 - 8, 2009
7:30pm - 12:00pm (midnight)
In preparation:
ZÜRICH
Lindenhof (wall)
(projection over the Limmat):November 11 - 22, 2009, 7:30pm - 11pm
BASELLAND
Margarethenhügel, Binningen: 2nd week of January, 2010
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The American artist Jenny Holzer, in collaboration with the Fondation Beyeler and Sunrise, is employing the mobile phone as an art medium for the first time.
Why not join in? Send ART to 2727 and receive three of Jenny Holzer's nine "Truisms" as an MMS on your mobile.
Important: The project is open to Sunrise subscribers only.
As a consolation prize for all other mobile users, the artist's most famous "Truism / Survival" can be downloaded here:
'For Chicago' (2007, 10 electronic LED signs)
'Monument' (2008, 20 double-sided, curved electronic LED signs)
'Lustmord Tables' (1994, multiple bones, some with engraved silver bands, drop-leaf wooden tables)
'Purple' (2008, 33 double-sided, curved electronic LED signs)
'Red Yellow Looming' (2008, 13 double-sided, curved electronic LED signs)
'Thorax' (2008, 12 double-sided, curved electronic LED signs)
pictures from m&c arts
November 1, 2009 - January 24, 2010
Foundation Beyeler, Riehen
American artist Jenny Holzer (b. 1950) is one of the most significant artists of our time. She has held exhibitions and presented art projects worldwide and won many awards, including the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale (1990). Fondation Beyeler is presenting her first large exhibition in a Swiss museum. Incorporating texts she has written since the late 1970s, the show comprises important objects from various phases of Holzer's career since the 1980s. The focus is on recent works, some of which have never before been shown in Europe. On view are paintings and sculptures, as well as her famous LED installations, containing compelling combinations of overwhelming visual effects and memorable texts of a poetic, socio-critical, and political nature. The presentation is supplemented by a selection of works the artist has chosen from the Beyeler Collection (A. Giacometti, P. Picasso, K. Malevich, and F. Bacon). In addition to the museum space, the exhibition also extends outdoors to the public domain. Spectacular light projections on key buildings and sites in Basel, Baselland, and Zurich will be on view on special nights.
Conceived in close cooperation with the artist and the MCA, Chicago, the exhibition was curated by Elizabeth A.T. Smith and Philippe Büttner
-
LED installation
Paintings
Sculptural works
Projections in the public space
Exclusive Mobile Art Project
-
During the exhbition Jenny Holzer at the Fondation Beyeler, projections by the artist will be on view on special nights in Basel, Baselland and Zurich:
BASEL
Fondation Beyeler, Riehen / Basel: October 31, 2009, 6pm - 8:30pm
City Hall: October 31 to November 2, 2009, 7:30pm - 12:00pm (midnight)
Cathedral / Pfalz (wall)
(projection over the Rhine): November 3 and November 4, 2009
7:30pm - 12:00pm (midnight)
Swiss Railway Station (Bahnhof SBB): November 5 - 8, 2009
7:30pm - 12:00pm (midnight)
In preparation:
ZÜRICH
Lindenhof (wall)
(projection over the Limmat):November 11 - 22, 2009, 7:30pm - 11pm
BASELLAND
Margarethenhügel, Binningen: 2nd week of January, 2010
-
The American artist Jenny Holzer, in collaboration with the Fondation Beyeler and Sunrise, is employing the mobile phone as an art medium for the first time.
Why not join in? Send ART to 2727 and receive three of Jenny Holzer's nine "Truisms" as an MMS on your mobile.
Important: The project is open to Sunrise subscribers only.
As a consolation prize for all other mobile users, the artist's most famous "Truism / Survival" can be downloaded here:
pictures from m&c arts
