“Almost thirty-five years ago, Jenny Holzer (b. 1950, Gallipolis, Ohio) created a spiraling LED display for her Guggenheim Museum exhibition. The LED sign—blinking while changing colors, fonts, and special effects—was the longest in the world at the time and is considered a masterpiece of text-based art. Open today through September 29, 2024, the Guggenheim presents the solo exhibition Jenny Holzer: Light Line, featuring a reimagining of Holzer’s 1989 landmark artwork. Holzer has treated the entire museum as an installation, placing pieces inunexpected spaces, such as outdoor planters and a restroom, to echo chance encounters with her work on city streets. Holzer’s voice is vital and incisive, and her work, whether on posters, electronic signs, stone benches, or paintings, explores some of the most pressing issues of our time, from climate justice to women’s rights, from corruption to war.

The new manifestation of Holzer’s electronic sign, Installation for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (1989/2024), transforms the building with an updated and expanded display of scrolling texts, featuring language from her iconic series, such as Truisms and Inflammatory Essays. Taking up three revolutions of the Frank Lloyd Wright–designed rotunda in the 1989 exhibition, the new installation climbs all six ramps up to the building’s oculus, realizing the artist’s original vision.” — Guggenheim Museum

Jenny Holzer: Light Line is organized by Lauren Hinkson, Associate Curator for Collections with Jenny Holzer.

Images courtesy Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.