Jenny Holzer, 9 Survival Series Stickers, c. 1983

Size: 2.5 x 3 inches and 2.75 x 3 inches (vary in size)

Holzer typed her Truisms, had them printed commercially and then pasted them up as posters throughout lower Manhattan. Her goal was to take art out of the institution and have it accessible to almost anyone. Holzer’s Survival series began in 1983. It grew out of her Truisms and Inflammatory Essays, as part of a guerrilla stickering campaign. These 9 stickers represent very early iterations of Hozler’s ongoing text-based series.