MCA – Collection: Jenny Holzer, In a paradisiac climate everything is clear..., 1980-82

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Black, uppercase, words appear on a white background that read: "IN A PARADISIAC CLIMATE EVERYTHING IS CLEAR AND SIMPLE WHEN YOU ARE PERFORMING BASIC ACTS NECESSARY FOR SURVIVAL." — Jenny Holzer, American, b. 1950
In a paradisiac climate everything is clear…, 1980–82
Enamel on metal
21 × 23 in. (53.2 × 58.4 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of Anne and William J. Hokin, 1990.2.1
Photo © MCA Chicago

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