Digital Media by Beryl Graham Nov 11, 2009
Digital Media is a book in the Directions in Art series, which explores the work of artists such as Mark Napier, Paul Sermon, Roshini Kempadoo and Jenny Holzer. Beryl Graham the author provides case studies exploring key digital media works in detail. (Suite101.com)
'The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis' Nov 2, 2009
Despite their frequently jokey tone and smooth, often aphoristic quality (some pieces call to mind the "Truisms," by artist Jenny Holzer), these stories transcend the absurd. They have an intimate, confessional feel as well. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Sweet success Nov 1, 2009
LED art by Jenny Holzer in Basel. Works, including this one, "Monument", by the renowned American artist were on show to the press at the Beyeler Foundation on October 30. (SwissInfo.org, Switzerland)
Art market looks ugly Oct 31, 2009
At the FIAC, New York's Skarstedt Gallery sold a Cindy Shermann photo for over a million euros, and Paris-New York's Yvon Lambert sold a Jenny Holzer for over 300 000. "It's much better than last year, the market is healthier," Lambert told AFP.. (iAfrica.com)
Masterpieces of the Universe Oct 21, 2009
com 5 of 7 Goldman Sachs: LED Panel, Jenny Holzer. Goldman Sachs-VP-turned-author Lisa Endlich that s (GS) art collection is unusual," including enormous weathervanes, daguerreotypes and a wide variety of patchwork quilts. Another book that pieces by Andy Warhol, Frank Stella, and Mel Bochner dot the halls. A former art consultant a work by Jenny Holzer, placed near the cafeteria, that read buckets of blood/corporate greed, and was taken down (but not sold) after two weeks.... (Slate)
CityCenter Announces Residential Price Reductions Oct 6, 2009
CityCenter also will feature a resident Cirque du Soleil production celebrating the timeless musical legacy of Elvis Presley; and an unparalleled with works by acclaimed artists including Maya Lin, Jenny Holzer, Nancy Rubins, Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, among others. CityCenter is a design collaboration between MGM MIRAGE and eight internationally acclaimed including Pelli Clarke Pelli, Kohn Pedersen Fox, Helmut Jahn, RV Architecture LLC led by Rafael Vinoly, Foster + Partners*,... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Video: Vegas' CityCenter Opens Doors to World's Most Spectacular Offerings in One Singular Setting, December 2009 Sep 17, 2009
At ARIA, famed artist is creating an approximately 84-foot silver cast of the Colorado River, which will be her first work of art displayed in Las Vegas; Jenny Holzer will display a thought-provoking LED sign spanning more than 280 feet; Tony Cragg has commissioned three sculptures that examine the relationship between nature and the man-made world: Bolt, 2007, Bent of Mind, 2008, and Untitled (tall column), 2008; and Antony Gormley will display Feeling Material XXVII, 2007, an 8-foot sculpture... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Transbay Joint Powers Authority Board of Directors Commissions Artists to Develop Significant Artwork for New Transbay Transit Center Sep 12, 2009
The five artists selected by the Board to develop the conceptual proposals of installations for the new Transit Center include Ned Kahn, Julie Chang, Timothy Hawkinson, Jenny Holzer and James Carpenter ... Jenny Holzer: Jenny Holzer is a New York-based artist who is well known for her electronic LED signs and projections that incorporate statements or what she calls Truisms such as protect me from what I want and abuse of power comes as no surprise ... To view previous projects by Jenny... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
T: The New York Times Style Magazine to Host a Fifth Anniversary Celebration at The Standard, New York During New York Fashion Week Aug 15, 2009
One series of covers will commemorate the anniversary and feature the iconic T logo as reimagined by five internationally recognized artists: Frank Gehry, Jenny Holzer, Mr. Koons, Doug and Mike Starn and Francesco Vezzoli. The other set of covers will feature Ms. Mulligan on the Womens Fashion issue in one of five personas created by fashion designers Alber Elbaz, Nicholas Ghesquire, Marc Jacobs, Stefano Pilati and Miuccia Prada. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Books about Frank Lloyd Wright Jul 27, 2009
The selection of illustrations is predictably rich, from early visions of a red marble spiral telescoping inwards to photographs of installations inside the rotunda by such artists as Jenny Holzer. But the irresistible element is the 48-page timeline of the project. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Commmencements May 24, 2009
Friday, 10 a.m., Cabot Street Cinema Speaker: Annette Lemieux, Harvard professor of the practice of studio arts Graduates: 44 Degrees: bachelor of arts Honorary degrees: Jenny Holzer, American conceptual artist; Steve Dodge, trustee and philanthropist; and Lemieux. Copyright 2009 Globe Newspaper Company. (Boston Globe)
Istanbul's Lush Life Apr 28, 2009
There seems to be an art installation by Jenny Holzer on the outer wall of the mosque: Red LED letters race across it in an incongruous banner, scrolling giant words in Turkish and English. I scribble down what I can catch: "mong you there should be a party who unite to good and enjoin what is right." Tonight is the anniversary of the prophet Muhammad's ascension, known as the Miraj, or Stairway to Heaven. (Concierge.com)
Two-Week Public Art Installation Featuring BMW Art Cars by Stella, Warhol, Lichtenstein and Rauschenberg and a Project by Artist Robin Rhode Commissioned by BMW to Open at Grand Central Terminal on March 25, 2009 Mar 24, 2009
The most recent contributors to the BMW Art Car program are David Hockney (1995), Jenny Holzer (1999), and Olafur Eliasson (2007). New artists are chosen by a prestigious panel of international judges, and BMW is currently in discussions for the development of the seventeenth art car. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
They took our money and then our stories Mar 16, 2009
I thought, hmm, okay, I'd much rather talk about the cool new Jenny Holzer show opening at the Whitney, anyway. Then the panel got under way and Sam Sifton, the culture editor of the New York Times, began with this: Arts journalists, those few and proud that remain, have a very important job to do right now, which is to report on the cratering of the arts economy. (Globe and Mail)
