Jenny Holzer
Artists’ Bookplates
New York City, USA: 1992
1.5 x 5.5w x 3.5"
Edition of 100 signed and numbered copies
Produced as a fundraiser for Printed Matter in a series that also included "ex libris" book plates by Larry Clark, Francesco Clemente, Eric Fischl, Gober, Claes Oldenburg, Faith Ringgold, and Nancy Spero. Printed by Derriere l’Etoile Studio on archival silver metallic woven paper, and housed in a grey archival box. One plate is signed by the artist in pencil.
The box contains twenty-five plates, with Trusims that include:
YOU ARE SO COMPLEX THAT YOU DON'T ALWAYS RESPOND TO DANGER
MURDER HAS ITS SEXUAL SIDE
HUMANISM IS OBSOLETE
WHAT URGE WILL SAVE US NOW THAT SEX WON'T?
LACK OF CHARISMA CAN BE FATAL
SLIPPING INTO MADNESS IS GOOD FOR THE SAKE OF COMPARISON
MUCH WAS DECIDED BEFORE YOU WERE BORN
PRIVATE PROPERTY CREATED CRIME
YOU ARE SO COMPLEX THAT YOU DON'T ALWAYS RESPOND TO DANGER
IN A DREAM YOU SAW A WAY TO SURVIVE AND YOU WERE FULL OF JOY
THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR WILL BE SECRET
YOU ARE TRAPPED ON THE EARTH SO YOU WILL EXPLODE
TURN SOFT AND LOVELY ANY TIME YOU HAVE A CHANCE
MEN DON'T PROTECT YOU ANY MORE
YOU ARE CAUGHT THINKING ABOUT KILLING ANYONE YOU WANT
IF YOU AREN'T POLITICAL YOUR PERSONAL LIFE SHOULD BE EXEMPLARY
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