{"product_id":"jenny-holzer-private-property-created-crime-1984","title":"Jenny Holzer — Private Property Created Crime — 1984","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJenny Holzer \/ \u003cem\u003ePrivate Property Created Crime\u003c\/em\u003e \/ 1984\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished by Kunsthalle Basel \/ Le Nouveau Musée, Basel \/ Villeurbanne\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e softcover artist book \/ exhibition catalogue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e approx. 21.5 × 21.5 cm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 63 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrations:\u003c\/strong\u003e colour and black-and-white throughout\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e light rubbing and wear to covers; very good indeed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShipping:\u003c\/strong\u003e carefully packed; available within the UK and internationally\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA photo-illustrated catalogue-cum-artist's book surveying several early bodies of street work and installations by Jenny Holzer. Published in 1984 to accompany exhibitions at Kunsthalle Basel and Le Nouveau Musée, the book documents the period in which Holzer's language circulated through posters, plaques, stickers, T-shirts, and electronic signs — establishing text as a public medium rather than a private literary form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe photographs are arranged in discrete sequences: \u003cem\u003eTruisms\u003c\/em\u003e (1977–1983), \u003cem\u003eEssays\u003c\/em\u003e (1979–1983), \u003cem\u003eLiving\u003c\/em\u003e (1981–1983), and \u003cem\u003eSurvival\u003c\/em\u003e (1983–1984). A brief introduction by Jean-Christophe Ammann appears at the front, with a biography and bibliography at the rear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat distinguishes this publication is its directness. Rather than functioning only as documentation, the book redistributes Holzer's work in portable form. Street posters, Times Square signage, inscriptions, and public declarations are reorganised here as a sequence of appearances. The result sits somewhere between exhibition record, artist's book, and distribution device.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA strong early Holzer title, and an especially clear document of the years in which her texts moved through the street, the billboard, and the page. This copy presents well, with light external wear consistent with age.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The New Rare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53053620191570,"sku":"HOLZER-BASEL-CAT-1984","price":60.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/JennyHolzer.PrivatePropertyCreatedCrime.Basel_Villeurbanne.198401.jpg?v=1774839269","url":"https:\/\/thenewrare.com\/products\/jenny-holzer-private-property-created-crime-1984","provider":"The New Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}