Accession Number
151317
Medium
Offset lithograph in black on blue 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 blue paper, deploying archaic religious rhetoric in imperative voice while refusing expected moral content, appropriating the language of authority for conceptual and feminist intervention.
Cultural Impact
Holzers Inflammatory Essays on blue paper exemplify the appropriation of authoritarian language for feminist and conceptual purposes, stripping rhetoric of its authority through recontextualization. Their influence on text-based art and institutional critique is immeasurable.
Why It Matters
Inflammatory Essays lithograph on blue paper, archaic religious rhetoric appropriated for conceptual intervention.
