The conceptual artist Jenny Holzer uses thought-provoking, cutting language to generate conversation about social justice issues such as misogyny, corruption, and war. Born in 1950 in Gallipolis, Ohio, Holzer studied at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; the University of Chicago; Ohio University, Athens; and the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence. For decades she has presented her subversive messages using large-scale projections, LED signs, and other technologies often associated with commerce and advertising. Holzer has also featured her short, unsettling phrases on T-shirts, posters, billboards, plaques, and benches. She is perhaps best known for her series Truisms, begun in 1977, which displays declarations such as “Abuse of power comes as no surprise,” “Romantic love was invented to manipulate women,” and hundreds more.