Jenny Holzer
SELECTIONS FROM THE LIVING SERIES 1989
granite
Anonymous gift from a local resident with appreciation for the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden and contemporary art, 1993
photo: Kjell Olsen
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Jenny Holzer SELECTIONS FROM THE LIVING SERIES 1989 granite Anonymous gift from a local resident with appreciation for the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden and contemporary art, 1993 photo: Kjell Olsen |
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Kjell responds to a series of questions regarding this sculpture. | ||
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1. What do you see when you look at this sculpture? Benchlike figures made out of granite arranged in a square with poems on each. 2. What would you name this sculpture? Poem benches 3. Why? What is it about the sculpture that made you give it the name you did? There are benchlike figures with a poem on all of them. |
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4. What did the artist name it? Why do you think s/he gave it that name? She named it Selections from "The Living Series". I think she gave it that name because there was probably a book called The Living Series that she got the poems from. 5. What do you like about the picture you took of the sculpture? I like how simple it is. |
Jenny Holzer THERE'S NO REASON TO SLEEP CURLED UP AND BENT. IT'S NOT COMFORTABLE, IT'S NOT GOOD FOR YOU, AND IT DOESN'T PROTECT YOU FROM DANGER. IF YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT AN ATTACK YOU SHOULD STAY AWAKE OR SLEEP LIGHTLY WITH LIMBS UNFURLED FOR ACTION. from The Living Series |
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Jenny Holzer YOU CAN WATCH PEOPLE ALIGN THEMSELVES WHEN TROUBLE IS IN THE AIR. SOME PREFER TO BE CLOSE TO THOSE AT THE TOP AND OTHERS WANT TO BE CLOSE TO THOSE AT THE BOTTOM. IT'S A QUESTION OF WHO FRIGHTENS THEM MORE AND WHOM THEY WANT TO BE LIKE. from The Living Series |