Jenny Holzer

A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE

December 27 - February 4, 2020

Tarmak 22, Gstaad

We are delighted to present an exhibition by Jenny Holzer, titled ‘A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE’, at Tarmak 22 in Gstaad-Saanen Airport, on view from 27 December 2019 – 22 January 2020. The presentation will showcase works spanning the artist’s practice, including stone benches, LEDs, and paintings. Concurrently, Holzer will project large, scrolling texts in light on the stately Gstaad Palace, beginning the evening of 27 December. The light projections will then take place daily between 7 – 8.30 pm until 4 January, with additional dates from the 13 to 17 February 2020. The projections are made possible with the generous support of Maja Hoffmann of the Luma Foundation and Alex Hank.

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Opening reception: ‘Jenny Holzer. A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE’

Join us for the opening reception of an exhibition by Jenny Holzer, titled ‘A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE’, at Tarmak 22 in Gstaad-Saanen Airport, followed by light projections on the Gstaad Palace from 7 – 8.30 pm. The presentation will showcase works spanning the artist’s practice, including stone benches, LEDs, and paintings. Concurrently, Holzer will project large, scrolling texts in light on the stately Gstaad Palace, beginning the evening of 27 December. The light projections will then take place daily between 7 – 8.30 pm until 4 January, with additional dates from the 13 to 17 February 2020. For more than forty years Jenny Holzer has presented text emblazoned on T-shirts, carved in stone, painted on canvas, scrolling on LED signs, and luminously projected onto buildings and landscapes. Beginning in the 1970s with posters wheat-pasted throughout New York City and continuing through recent light projections, her practice rivals ignorance with humour, and violence with kindness and courage. Holzer’s texts address oppression, gender, sexuality, power, and war, and by presenting them in media more commonly associated with advertising, news reports, and public information, she adeptly provokes reflection and challenges expectations and prejudices.

CinemArt Screening: About Jenny Holzer

Claudia Müller ‧ D ‧ 2011 ‧ 53 min ‧ E/d Jenny Holzer’s art questions our perceptions and the way we are influenced by media and politics. She shows us how everyday visual and textual stimuli can unknowingly seduce and manipulate us. Claudia Müller’s film follows the artist over a decade at work, making Holzer’s art tangible as it traces her career, from a young artist putting up posters in New York in the late 1970’s to one of the most influential female artists of today. CinemArt is a film series presented by Hauser & Wirth in collaboration with Ciné Theatre Gstaad. A cinematic journey into the art world, this series offers unique views into the lives and work of significant international artists, including a selection connected to Hauser & Wirth’s programme. The selected documentaries and films feature artists and renowned art world figures including Jenny Holzer, Alberto Giacometti, Wilhelm Sasnal, Dieter Roth, Frida Khalo, Pablo Picasso, and Joan Miró.

About the Artist

Jenny Holzer is an American conceptual and installation artist whose work deploys text in public spaces across an array of media, including electronic signs, carved stone, paintings, billboards, and printed materials. Holzer’s oeuvre provokes public debate and illuminates social and political justice. Celebrated for her inimitable use of language and projects in the public sphere, Holzer creates a powerful tension between the realms of feeling and knowledge, with a practice that encompasses both individual and collective experiences of power and violence, vulnerability and tenderness.

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