Laumeier Sculpture Park in Sunset Hills in St. Louis County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Jenny Holzer (American, born 1950)

When someone is breathing…

— one of ten plaques from the series Living, 1980-82, cast bronze, paint —

Jenny Holzer (American, born 1950) Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 25, 2023

1. Jenny Holzer (American, born 1950) Marker

Inscription.
Laumeier Sculpture Park Collection with funds from Mark Twain Laumeier Fund and the National Endowment for the Arts

Jenny Holzer has used text as an element in her work for decades. In Living, Holzer presents us with idiosyncratic, everyday thoughts and phrases and presents them using a modest voice and language. This stands in contradiction to her presentation of the work on bronze plaques–the type that are often used to commemorate important people or events with an air of authority. As you walk around the building you will discover ten plaques from this series that also included signs printed on aluminum as well as the cast bronze. For further information go to www.laumeier.org

Made possible with funding from Lighthouse for the Blind–St. Louis www.lhbindustries.com

Erected by St. Louis County Parks and Recreation Department.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Communications • Women.

Location. 38° 33.023′ N, 90° 24.913′ W. Marker is in Sunset Hills, Missouri, in St. Louis County. It is in Laumeier

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Sculpture Park. It can be reached from Rott Road east of South Geyer Road, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 12630 Rott Rd, Saint Louis MO 63127, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater St. Louis.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Lewis & Clark Corridor,

in the Corn Belt,

and in the Great River Road Region.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The House (here, next to this marker); Ken Lum (Canadian, born 1956) (within shouting distance of this marker); Ernest Trova (American, 1927-2009) (within shouting distance of this marker); Gigi Scaria (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Ernest Trova (American, 1927-2009) (within shouting distance of this marker);

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 25, 2023

2. Jenny Holzer (American, born 1950) Marker

Northern Grove (within shouting distance of this marker); Pearl Fryar (American, 1939) (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); a different marker also named Ernest Trova (American, 1927-2009) (about 300 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sunset Hills.

Credits. This page was last revised on March 28, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 28, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 141 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 28, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.