JENNY HOLZER "HALF-DEAD - INFLAMMATORY ESSAY" 1982Jenny Holzer is one of the most important and original artists of the 20th century. Her body of work, with its emphasis on text, is provocative and occasionally frightening, manipulating the language of folk wisdom, pop culture, and government slogan to produce a commentary on global issues including power structures, gender struggle, economics, voting, and warfare. Holzer's iconic "Inflammatory Essays", produced between 1979 and 1982, were first

can be read as metaphors for the ambiance or struggles of a particular city

While there are works with elements in white

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Nevelson's work is instantly recognizable and her reputation and significance is cemented within the canon of art history

The Portrait Gallery of Canada

leading to work that contrasts a stone's permanence with the delicate nature of paper or fabric

is an iconic example of the evolution of abstract expressionism Christensen pursued throughout his practice

From an edition of 75

It was commissioned by the illustrious Lincoln Center art program

uplifting and patriotic images have independently earned their place in the nation's museums

Sorel Etrog (1933- 2014) is arguably Canada's most famous sculptor

the prism lens would allow the artist to “see around corners