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Maker(s):Holzer, Jenny
Culture:American (1950 - )
Title:Inflammatory Essays, Living, Survival 1979 - 1982
Date Made:2003
Type:Sculpture
Materials:electronic LED sign; red Nichia diodes
Place Made:United States; Massachusetts; Pembroke
Measurements:overall: 5 1/4 in x 57 5/8 in x 3 in; 13.335 cm x 146.3675 cm x 7.62 cm
Narrative Inscription:  label on verso of box: Jenny Holzer JH804.1/5 / Inflammatory Essays, Living, Survival, 2003 / Inflammatory Essays, 1979-82; Living, 1980-82; / Survival, 1983-85 / electronic LED sign; red Nichia diodes / 5.25 x 57.6 x 3 / Serial No. 0910-0280 / Jenny Holzer
Accession Number:  SC 2009.11
Credit Line:Purchased with the Janet Wright Ketcham, class of 1953, Acquisition Fund
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
long metal box with red diodes spelling out words YOU BACK AGAINST...

Label Text:
INFLAMMATORY ESSAYS 1979-1982
Excerpt:
A CRUEL BUT ANCIENT LAW DEMANDS AN
EYE FOR AN EYE. MURDER MUST BE
ANSWERED BY EXECUTION. ONLY GOD HAS
THE RIGHT TO TAKE A LIFE AND WHEN
SOMEONE BREAKS THIS LAW HE WILL BE
PUNISHED. JUSTICE MUST COME SWIFTLY. IT
DOESN'T HELP ANYONE TO STALL. THE
VICTIM'S FAMILY CRIES OUT FOR
SATISFACTION, THE COMMUNITY BEGS FOR
PROTECTION AND THE DEPARTED CRAVES
VENGEANCE SO HE CAN REST. THE KILLER
KNEW IN ADVANCE THERE WAS NO EXCUSE
FOR HIS ACT. TRULY HE HAS TAKEN HIS
OWN LIFE. HE, NOT SOCIETY, IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS FATE. HE ALONE
STANDS GUILTY AND DAMNED.

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