Accession Number
151318
Medium
Offset lithograph in black on pink wove paper
Dimensions
54.2 × 54.2 cm (21 3/8 × 21 3/8 in.)
Classification
offset lithograph
Credit Line
Gift of David C. and Sarajean Ruttenberg
Background & Context
Background Story
An offset lithograph from Holzers Inflammatory Essays series on pink paper, deploying blunt aphoristic text that mimics political rhetoric while subverting expectations through the feminized color of the support, making language itself the medium of artistic and political intervention.
Cultural Impact
Holzers Inflammatory Essays are foundational works of feminist and conceptual art that transformed the relationship between language and visual art. The offset lithograph editions extended the reach of texts that originally appeared as street posters, influencing text-based art, institutional critique, and feminist practice.
Why It Matters
Inflammatory Essays lithograph on pink paper, text as artistic and political intervention.
