JENNY HOLZER
November 1, 2009 - January 24, 2010
Light projection, Facade of the Fondation Beyeler, 2009, Copyrights
Since 1996 Holzer has created light projections in public spaces around the world, at sites including the glass pyramid at the Louvre in Paris and the facade of the Guggenheim Museum in New York. With these outdoor projections, the artist found a new way of entering the public domain while returning to her artistic beginnings and lending a fresh and innovative form to her public displays. The texts used in these projections at times are Holzer's own, and in other times are the work of others. She has used work by the Polish Nobel Prize winner for literature, Wisława Szymborska, and by the American poet, Henri Cole, among others. These writings are conveyed to viewers in a compellingly monumental, but lyrical form. In addition, the texts enter a dialogue with the history and look of the public building, mountain, river, or ocean on which they are projected.
Since 1996 Holzer has created light projections in public spaces around the world, at sites including the glass pyramid at the Louvre in Paris and the facade of the Guggenheim Museum in New York. With these outdoor projections, the artist found a new way of entering the public domain while returning to her artistic beginnings and lending a fresh and innovative form to her public displays. The texts used in these projections at times are Holzer's own, and in other times are the work of others. She has used work by the Polish Nobel Prize winner for literature, Wisława Szymborska, and by the American poet, Henri Cole, among others. These writings are conveyed to viewers in a compellingly monumental, but lyrical form. In addition, the texts enter a dialogue with the history and look of the public building, mountain, river, or ocean on which they are projected.
During the exhbition Jenny Holzer at the Fondation Beyeler, projections
by the artist will be on view on special nights in Basel, Baselland and Zurich:
BASEL
Fondation Beyeler, Riehen / Basel: October 31, 2009, 6pm - 8:30pm
City Hall: October 31 to November 2, 2009, 7:30pm - 12:00pm (midnight)
Cathedral / Pfalz (wall)
(projection over the Rhine): November 3 and November 4, 2009
7:30pm - 12:00pm (midnight)
Swiss Railway Station (Bahnhof SBB): November 5 - 8, 2009
7:30pm - 12:00pm (midnight)
ZÜRICH
Lindenhof (wall)
(projection over the Limmat): November 11 - 22, 2009, 7:30pm - 11pm
Marktgasse 10 / Münstergasse 29 (Niederdorf): November 28 to December 19, 2009, 6pm - 10.30pm
BASELLAND
Margarethenhügel, Binningen: January 13 - 17, 2010, 7:30 pm - 11 pm
BASEL
Fondation Beyeler, Riehen / Basel: October 31, 2009, 6pm - 8:30pm
City Hall: October 31 to November 2, 2009, 7:30pm - 12:00pm (midnight)
Cathedral / Pfalz (wall)
(projection over the Rhine): November 3 and November 4, 2009
7:30pm - 12:00pm (midnight)
Swiss Railway Station (Bahnhof SBB): November 5 - 8, 2009
7:30pm - 12:00pm (midnight)
ZÜRICH
Lindenhof (wall)
(projection over the Limmat): November 11 - 22, 2009, 7:30pm - 11pm
Marktgasse 10 / Münstergasse 29 (Niederdorf): November 28 to December 19, 2009, 6pm - 10.30pm
BASELLAND
Margarethenhügel, Binningen: January 13 - 17, 2010, 7:30 pm - 11 pm