Two exhibitions
dal 9/3/2007 al 13/4/2007
Segnalato da
9/3/2007
Two exhibitions
Yvon Lambert, Paris
Jenny Holzer presents a series of recent paintings of declassified government documents, which trace the post-September 11th landscape. Her new work represents the ongoing debate on operations of the American government. Louise Lawler has created a group of 6 photographs that relays different inquiries into the Iraqis killed during the war.
Jenny Holzer / Louise Lawler
Yvon Lambert Paris is happy to announce the exhibitions of Jenny Holzer and
Louise Lawler from March 10th to April 14th, 2007. On this occasion, these two
American artists present affiliated and resonating works.
For many years, Jenny Holzer has distinguished herself with her powerful command of
language. In this exhibition, Holzer presents a series of recent paintings of
declassified government documents, which trace the post-September 11th landscape.
Her new work represents the ongoing debate on operations of the American government,
namely prisoner abuse and related tragedies in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo
Bay. Internal mail, letters, and reports made available to the public through the
Freedom of Information Act form the body of material displayed. In their
presentation, however, the artist assumes no ideological stance. In the exhibition,
Holzer uncovers the relationship between disclosure and concealment, lighting the
past and present through the display of visually arresting work.
Since 1978, Louise Lawler has played the part of pioneer in questioning the
relationship between a work of art, its place in an exposition, and the creative
process. At the heart of this exposition is a group of six photographs that relays
different inquiries into the Iraqis killed during the war. By engaging documents
and visual arrangements taken from different media, she raises a reflection, one
that is usually hidden from sight, on the worth of the system at the source of these
documents. In this way, from her work follows an eminently political reflection on
the role of information in a world context.
This reflection is brought to light through the vantage point of the titles of these
works as it is in direct relationship with current political events in Iraq.
Recent Personal Expositions of Jenny Holzer
Light projections across Dublin organized by the Gate Theater for the Centennial
Samuel Beckett Festival, April 2007
Light projections across London organized by the Barbican Theater Center for the
Centennial Samuel Beckett Festival, April 2007
Projections, Piazza del Plebiscito, Naples, December 2006- January 2007
Jenny Holzer MAK, Vienna, Austria, 2006
Jenny Holzer, Yvon Lambert New York, 2006
Jenny Holzer Archive, Cheim & Read, New York, 2006
Jenny Holzer with poetry by Henri Cole, Yvon Lambert Paris, 2004
Recent Personal Expositions of Louise Lawler
Twice Untitled and Other Pictures (looking back), Wexner Center Galleries, Ohio,
USA, 2006
Kunstverein Hamburg, Germany, 2005
In and Out of Place, Dia Art Foundation, Beacon, New York, USA, 2005
Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland, 2004
New Walls, Yvon Lambert, Paris, France, 2003
In the Project Room
Christian Marclay with Graffiti composition
Image: Louise Lawler, Something about time and space but I'm not sure what it is (one) life saver. Cibachrome 61 x 79 cm Edition of 5.
Opening: march 10, 2007
Yvon Lambert
108 rue vieille du Temple - Paris
Free admission