This month at New York's Guggenheim Museum, artist Jenny Holzer is having her landmark 1989 light projection restaged in the iconic Frank Lloyd Wright-designed building’s rotunda. The installation celebrates her innovative text-based art alongside pieces from the early 70s to today that were included in the museum's new Light Line exhibition.
"Developed in close collaboration with the artist and her studio, the new sign was the subject of an ambitious research project. Guggenheim conservators reverse-engineered the 1989 LED hardware and computer program, which helped inform the new manifestation. This investigation documents future variability and technology upgrades, and contributes to scholarship and methodologies for the preservation of technology-based artworks," a press release stated.
The Fifth Avenue projection follows a 2019 effort by Holzer at the Guggenheim Bilbao and includes selections clipped from her famed ‘Truisms’ and ‘Inflammatory Essays’ series.
Holzer was recently included in the list of 'TIME 100' honorees with architects Lesley Lokko and Marina Tabassum. The Light Line exhibition is open now and remains on view until September 29th.
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