Jenny Holzer

Truisms & Essays : Abuse of Power Comes as No Surprise

The Nova Scotia Pamphlets, First Edition

The Press of the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, 1983

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An important early artist’s book by Jenny Holzer, composed entirely of text and featuring her Truisms and Inflammatory Essays. Printed in four languages—English, Spanish, French, and German—the book is mostly in black text on pale green paper, with some sections in red text on white paper. Translations are credited to Bibianna Burton, Douglas Fairbairn, and Benjamin Buchloh.

156 unnumbered pages, 21,5 x 21,5 cm, paperback, Spanish/French/German/English