What I have always liked, and been drawn to, about Holzer is her grass roots political activism, posters of political slogans and challenging statements inviting interaction and engagement with people on the street. Close to graffiti, encouraging people to wake up, think, act.
But I think she left this a long time ago, and her recent work/ since quite some time, is gallery based. Her work seems to operate through suggestion, putting ideas into your head, making you question, ask, think.
Personally I think her political activism is superficial, especially in a gallery context. I think it lacks depth.
The same criticisms can be levelled at my work with the grids – I would like to dig more deeply into each subject, especially politically. And I would like to engage with people and politics more.
Maybe I need to achieve this in other ways? Outside of art? Maybe art – especially in galleries – isnt the best place to do it?
