Printed
Matter, Inc.
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PROTECT ME
FROM WHAT I WANT:
The Multiples and Editioned Works of Jenny Holzer at Printed Matter,
Inc.
July 18 - September 30, 2002
Opening: Thursday, July 18, 6 - 8 PM
Printed Matter, Inc.
535 West 22nd Street
New York, NY 10011
http://www.printedmatter.org
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Printed Matter is very pleased to announce the opening of a new
exhibition, "Protect Me From What I Want: the Multiples and Editioned
Works of Jenny Holzer." Running from July 18 through September 31, the
exhibition features an abundance of works for sale, including postcards,
posters, T-shirts, caps, L.E.D. signs and ephemera.
"Protect Me From What I Want: the Multiples and Editioned Works of Jenny
Holzer" focuses on Holzer's inexpensive multiples and editions within
the
broader context of her long-term engagement with different forms of
public
art. A consideration of public space, address and audience have been
central aspects of Holzer's work, from anonymous street posters and
stickers, to massive, electronic billboards in such public spaces as
Times
Square, airport baggage claims, and baseball parks.
Holzer's multiples - T-shirts, caps, postcards, rubberstamps, and other
ordinary objects emblazoned with her text pieces - constitute another
set
of relationships to audience, public space and message. On one hand,
they
are commodities circulating within the marketplace (often with texts
that
question and challenge the very precepts of that market and its
ideological foundations); on the other hand they circulate via a random
diffusion through public, private, pedestrian and other spaces. In
presenting "Protect Me From What I Want: the Multiples and Editioned
Works
of Jenny Holzer," Printed Matter will serve as a hub for these processes
of distribution.
One of Holzer's earliest solo shows (1979) was at Printed Matter's old
space on Lispenard Street, where she displayed her Truisms series in our
storefront windows. Holzer's multiples share a close affinity to Printed
Matter's mission: to facilitate the distribution, understanding and
appreciation of artists' books and related publications by artists.
Indeed, artists' publications, like Holzer's multiples, construct a
circuitous public space as they are bought and sold, given as gifts,
browsed and scrutinized, shelved or displayed, and even discarded.
Holzer first used "Protect Me From What I Want" in 1983 as part of her
"Survival" series. In a time of accelerated market forces and their
resulting international political dramas, this comment, which casts
identity and desire in the light of the commodity spectacle, seems more
timely than ever.
Printed Matter is located at 535 West 22nd Street, between 10th and 11th
Avenues.
A complete checklist for the exhibition will be posted to Printed
Matter's
website on July 18, 2002.
For additional information, please contact Max Schumann, Manager,
Printed
Matter, Inc., at (212) 925-0325
Printed Matter, Inc. is an independent 501(c)(3) non-profit organization
founded in 1976 by artists and art workers with the mission to foster
the
appreciation, dissemination, and understanding of artists' books and
other
artists' publications.
Printed Matter has received support, in part, through grants from the
National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts,
the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, The Andy Warhol
Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York Arts Recovery Fund, Art for
Art's
Sake, The New York Community Trust, Elizabeth Firestone Graham
Foundation,
The Roy and Niuta Titus Foundation, Heyday Foundation, The Kettering
Family Foundation, CHS Foundation, The Cowles Charitable Trust, Philip
Morris Companies Inc., Women's Studio Workshop, Milton & Sally Avery
Arts
Foundation, and private foundations and individuals worldwide.
Printed Matter, Inc. is not affiliated with, nor a division of, any
other
non-profit origination.
David Platzker
Director
Printed Matter, Inc.
535 West 22nd Street
New York, NY 10011
http://www.printedmatter.org
212 925 0325 tel
212 925 0464 fax
dplatzker@printedmatter.org
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