Object number1985.19.10

(Untitled)

Portfolio/Seriesfrom the series Inflammatory Essays

Date1979-1982

Artist Jenny Holzer (American, 1950-)

CultureAmerican

MediumCommercial offset lithograph in black ink on thin, wove light orange paper

EditionUnlimited edition

DimensionsSheet: 17 x 17 in. (43.2 x 43.2 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase

On View

Not on view

Period20th c

Classification(s)

InscribedOn verso, by unidentified hand, lower right corner in pencil: 85.19.10

ProvenancePurchased from Rhona Hoffman Gallery

Vassar Exhibitions

Presses, Pop, and Pomade: American Prints Since the Sixties

Exhibition HistoryPresses, Pop, and Pomade: American Prints Since the Sixties, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, January 13 - March 19, 2006
DescriptionBlack italic text against a light orange background reads: DISASTER DRAWS PEOPLE LIKE FLIES. / SPECTATORS GET CHILLS BY IDENTIFYING / WITH THE VICTIMS, FEELING IMMUNE ALL / THE WHILE! THIS IS A PARTICULARLY / UNATTRACTIVE FORM OF VOYEURISM. / THE DETACHED AND ALIENATED DWELL / ON DISASTER; THEY RECEIVE THEIR / QUOTA OF STIMULATION THIS WAY. / THEY AREN'T SYMPATHETIC, JUST BORED. / THEY ANALYZE THE LATEST MASS MURDER, / THEY'RE MAUDLIN OVER STARVING BABIES, / THEY FIND IMAGES OF TERROR AND / REVOLUTION COMPELLING. THEY ADORE / PATHOS. THEY CONGRATULATIE / THEMSELVES ON THEIR AWARENESSS AND / THEIR STRONG STOMACHS. A LITTLE / REALITY THERAPY WOULD PUT THESE / DILETTANTES TO FLIGHT. ALL THE / "PITIFUL" AND "ENGAGING" PHENOMENA / ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO COME HOME.

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