BSL Gallery Tour: ARTIST ROOMS Jenny Holzer

Led by Olivier Jamin, from a Deaf perspective, this exhibition tour will be carried out in British Sign Language. Using his skills and experience working in the art sector and being an artist himself, Olivier helps audiences gain insight into an exhibition.

The tour will focus on different pieces of artwork, and will be interpreted by a BSL interpreter into English.

For any additional access requirements please leave a comment on your booking and our team will be in touch if they have any further questions.

Content Notice: The exhibition features bright and flashing lights that may be uncomfortable for some people.

About ARTIST ROOMS Jenny Holzer

American artist Jenny Holzer uses text as her primary material. Born in 1950, she remains one of the most influential figures in contemporary art. Known for powerful, provocative installations and her creative use of electronic technology, she produces art that is impossible to ignore.

Holzer uses poetic, personal and political texts, challenging us to consider the words and messages that surround us in contemporary society. She invites us to read and interpret for ourselves, so that people might question the ‘usual baloney they are fed’ in daily life. Confronting current events and topics such as war and sexual violence in her work, Holzer is uncompromising in her search for truth and exposure of systems of power and control.

This exhibition, drawn from the ARTIST ROOMS collection, brings together examples of Holzer’s work from different points in her career. The centrepiece of the exhibition is the towering BLUE PURPLE TILT 2007, consisting of seven double-sided vertical LED displays which is programmed with hundreds of messages from her earlier text series.

ARTIST ROOMS presents the work of international artists in solo exhibitions drawn from a national touring collection jointly owned by Tate and National Galleries of Scotland. Its programme reaches audiences across the UK and is developed through local partnerships.

Exhibition Accessibility

Sound and light levels can be adjusted.

Seating is available in all gallery spaces.

Gallery interpretation is produced in large print as standard.

A braille guide for the exhibition is also available from the gallery desk.

Film and video artworks are subtitled, or where this is not possible a transcript will be available.

Ear defenders are available from the gallery desk.

A full guide to accessibility and facilities information across our spaces can be found here.

If you require an adjustment that isn’t mentioned please contact us ahead of your visit and we will try to meet your request within our capacity.