Œuvre d'art public

Untitled

Jenny Holzer, Untitled, 2007
Jenny Holzer, Untitled, 2007. © Roger Kao
Location:
Parliament Street Silos, Toronto, ON, Canada
Alternate title: 
Projections
Artwork creator(s): 
Holzer, Jenny
Text author(s): 
Szymborska, Wislawa
Installation year: 
2008
Description: 

Video projections of words on a building

Text of the artwork: 

[…]I KNOW THAT I KNOW HOW TO KILL, THAT MAKES ME AN ADULT. AND MY SON PLAYS WITH A TOY GUN THAT KNOWS HOW TO OPEN AND CLOSE ITS EYES AND SAY MAMA […]

Artwork theme: 

4 projections

Some people from Poems New and Collected by Wislawa Szymborska

The Joy of Writing  from View with a Gain of Sad by Wislawa Szymborska

The Joy of Writing  from View with a Gain of Sad by Wislawa Szymborska

Tortures from View with a Gain of Sad by Wislawa Szymborska

History: 
Event: Luminato Festival, Toronto (organized by Luminato and the Art Gallery of Ontario)
Event date(s): 
2008
Document(s): 

Jenny Holzer

Demkiw, Janis (2008).  Jenny Holzer. C : International Contemporary Art. vol. 97, no. 1, p. 47

Projections

Holzer, Jenny (2008).  Projections. <http://www.jennyholzer.com/list.php> : Jenny Holzer webpage