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“Killing is unavoidable but is nothing to be proud of”

Book:The Venice installation: United States Pavilion, the 44th Venice Biennale, May 27-September 30, 1990

Work

The Venice installation: United States Pavilion, the 44th Venice Biennale, May 27-September 30, 1990

The Venice installation: United States Pavilion, the 44th Venice Biennale, May 27-September 30, 1990 is a comprehensive publication that captures the essence of the United States Pavilion at the prestigious Venice Biennale. It features detailed accounts of the artworks exhibited, insights into the creative processes of the artists, and an analysis of the pavilion's role within the broader context of the biennale. The book provides a rich visual and textual experience, offering readers a glimpse into the cultural exchange and artistic dialogue that took place during this significant event in the art world. more

Author

Jenny Holzer

Jenny Holzer is an American contemporary artist known for her poetry and public art works. Her works often explore themes of power, politics, and gender, presented through poetry, sculpture, and installation art, and have had a wide-reaching impact in the art world. more

“The bible teaches that woman brought sin and death into the world, that she precipitated the fall of the race, that she was arraigned before the judgment seat of Heaven, tried, condemned and sentenced. Marriage for her was to be a condition of bondage, maternity a period of suffering and anguish, and in silence and subjection, she was to play the role of a dependent on man's bounty for all her material wants, and for all the information she might desire...Here is the bible position of woman briefly summed up.”

Source: The Woman's Bible: A Classic Feminist Perspective

“I cannot accept the definition of collective good as articulated by a privileged minority in society, especially when that minority is in power.”

Accepting Definitions Minorities Collectives Privileged Collective Good

Book:Conversations with Wole Soyinka

Source: Conversations with Wole Soyinka

“The humblest craft that floats makes its appeal to a seaman by the faithfulness of her life.”

Crafts Appeals Sailing Floats Faithfulness Nautical Seamen

Book:The Napoleonic Novels: The Rover & Suspense: From the Renowned Author of The Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, The Secret Agent and Under Western Eyes (Including Author’s Memoirs, Letters & Critical Essays)

Source: The Napoleonic Novels: The Rover & Suspense: From the Renowned Author of The Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, The Secret Agent and Under Western Eyes (Including Author’s Memoirs, Letters & Critical Essays)

“the ordinary man's experience is chaotic, irregular, fragmentary. [He] falls in love or reads Spinoza, and these two experiences have nothing to do with each other, or with the noise of the typewriter, or the smell of cooking; in the mind of the poet these experiences are always forming new wholes”