experiments in film and architecture

“HE DID NOT SEE ANY AMERICANS BLUE,” detail, 2006
Oil on linen; 4 panels, 33 x 102 inches
© 2007 Jenny Holzer, member Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York.

“I draw from everything- from the National Security Archives collection to old material from the FBI’s website to postings by the ACLU. I concentrate on the content. It tends to be very rough material about what’s happened to soldiers in the field, about the good and bad choices they’ve been forced to make, and what has happened to detainees and civilians. I also go to material that’s almost completely gone, either whited out or blacked out, because that represents the issue. You don’t have to spill words when the page is completely black.”
- Jenny Holzer