Abuse of Power Comes as No Surprise, Jenny Holzer

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Jenny Holzer, Abuse of Power Comes as No Surprise
Jenny Holzer, Abuse of Power Comes as No Surprise
Jenny Holzer
Abuse of Power Comes as No Surprise
circa 1984
Jenny Holzer, artist
born 1950
Abuse of Power Comes as No Surprise, circa 1984
Portfolio/Series title: the series Truisms T-shirts
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: screen print; cotton
Dimensions:
Object Height/Width (Height x Width): 55.2 x 71.9 cm
Object Height/Width (Height x Width): 21 3/4 x 28 5/16 in
Credit line: Gift of Alfred Willis
Accession number: 2000.0029
On display: Marshall Balcony
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Exhibition Label: "Printed Art and Social Radicalism," Jun-2002, Stephen Goddard Jenny Holzer’s medium is language, and her truisms have appeared on moving message boards, on printed paper, on carved stone benches, as well as on t-shirts.