Condoms By Jenny Holzer– Once Very Public Art Now For The Privacy Of Your Own Penis
No (beautifully designed and politically conscious) glove; no love.
Finally-- the perfect gift for the artistic penis in your life! If you don’t know Jenny Holzer, she’s the neo-conceptualist, feminist artist of your dreams. And, even if you don’t know her, you probably know her. You’ve likely seen her street art: blunt truths and phrases plastered on trucks parked outside of Trump Tower, engraved on the sides of benches, or emblazoned in the form of light installations across cities. Holzer is a pioneer of conceptual art, and because of the media she works in, owning her art has been pretty unlikely. Until now.
M.M.S. (Much More Shit) by Creative Projects is an art box full of collectible pieces by 12 of the “greatest artists of our time.” The project was created to continue the mission of a 1968 project titled S.M.S. (AKA Shit.Must.Stop.) According to the Creative Projects website, “Fun, bold and yet visionary, S.M.S. sought to criticize the increasing prices in the 1960s art market when too much shit was produced but for too few people!”
The art featured in the box sprawls across all kinds of media. Holzer’s contribution is “custom condoms featuring a Walt Whitman fragment, TENDERLY I WILL USE YOU, that appears on pavers she designed for the New York City AIDS Memorial. The statement is a call for people to love one another regardless of differences, with care.” Every box will include 10 of Holzer’s condoms with the goal of giving buyers “an option to enact the message while keeping a few condoms as art objects.” So, no need to worry about getting your fanciest art… dirty and throwing it out. There are plenty to go around! As they say, “don’t be silly; wrap your willy,” and invest in a truly unique art piece at the same time. Grab your M.M.S. box for 200 € (or about $240) on the Creative Projects website.
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