Jenny Holzer 4/8/15

Jenny Holzer is an American conceptual artist who currently resides in New York. Originally an abstract painter, she started her schooling at Duke, University. Then painting, printmaking and drawing at the University of Chicago and then obtained her BFA at Ohio University. Holzer took summer classes at the Rhode Island School of Design. She belongs to a group of artists that are a part of a feminist branch. She is known for mostly her big mural projects, presented all of the US and the world. Billboard advertisement projections and other architectural structures. LED signs are her most visible medium. Holzer works often deal with the topics such as violence, oppression, sexuality, feminism, power, war and death. Her most attacking works have been based off of when her first baby was born. Supposedly her main concern is to enlighten, bringing to light something thought in silence and meant to remain hidden. I really enjoy her work, and even though it is not like most art, I really enjoy the topics she tackles with her pieces.