Images(8)

"I go to schools..." from Laments

Artist Jenny Holzer (American ; 1950-)

Copy Right Holder Artists Rights Society (ARS)

Copy Right Holder The Artist

Date1989

Mediumnubian black granite with electronic LED sign

DimensionsOverall: 82 x 30 x 24 3/8 x 128 in. (208.3 x 76.2 x 61.9 x 325.1 cm)
Overall: 128 x 10 x 4 1/2 in. (325.1 x 25.4 x 11.4 cm)
Weight: 1100 lb. (499 kg)

Classification(s)

SCULPTURE

Credit LineMuseum purchase, acquired with matching funds from Michael and Leslie Engl, Allan and Judith Fulkerson, Frederick and Dorothy Rudolph, Linda Janovic, Elaine Kend, Frederieke Taylor, Micheline Engel, and an anonymous donor; and the National Endowment for the Arts and the Kathryn Hurd Fund

Terms

abstract
sarcophagus
text
sign

Object number91.4

Descriptionsarcophagas weighs approx. 1100 lbs. and the LED sign approx. 50 lbs.
crate for sarcophagas: wood crate 44" H x 92" W x 40" D crane needed to move sculpture
LED sign and controller: slat crate: 12" H x 140" L x 16" W

Collections

Contemporary Highlights (after 1960)

InscribedGranite sarcophagus and LED sign read: I go to schools To see children Run hard. I observe people When they stand To have sex. I photograph Presidents. I look at Animals in fires. I am not worried Which is what Every human being Has wanted from The Beginning. I was not Born live. This body grew But I did not Feel cells split. How I act Does not matter. I am waiting for Everyone to die Because that Is the point.

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Exhibitions

Sweaty Concepts