"Art making is a form of alchemy, in a way, because you are trying…to make gold from nothing. When it works very well is when you manage to turn the ordinary into the extraordinary."
"Truisms" (1977–79)
"Truisms," 1977–79
T-shirt worn by Lady Pink, New York,1983.
Text: “Truisms” (1977-79), Photo: Lisa Kahane, © 2007 Jenny Holzer, member Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York.
T-shirt worn by Lady Pink, New York,1983.
Text: “Truisms” (1977-79), Photo: Lisa Kahane, © 2007 Jenny Holzer, member Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York.
"The ‘Truisms’ (1977- 79) were perhaps an overly ambitious attempt to make an outline of everything that I wanted to do. I’m not sure I knew that at the time I wrote them, but that’s what I’ve come to recognize. I wanted to have almost every subject represented, almost every possible point of view, and then I had to sort out what those sentences should appear on."
- Jenny Holzer
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