Addison Gallery of American Art
Phillips Academy
Andover, MA 01810-4166
Andover, MA 01810-4166
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Museums page for Joseph Kosuth ((Born 1945)), known for Conceptual, caligraphic installation. Showing 7 museum collections and exhibitions.
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Born 1945 Toledo, Ohio. Known for: Conceptual, caligraphic installation.
Born in Toledo, Ohio, Joseph Kosuth is one of the first Conceptual artists, concerned with the mechanics of meaning in language, especially words used in various contexts. He has done installations... Read full biography
Born in Toledo, Ohio, Joseph Kosuth is one of the first Conceptual artists, concerned with the mechanics of meaning in language, especially words used in various contexts. He has done installations with text, quotes, and definitions sometimes combined with photographs and objects. In 1969, when he... Read full biography
Born in Toledo, Ohio, Joseph Kosuth is one of the first Conceptual artists, concerned with the mechanics of meaning in language, especially words used in various contexts. He has done installations with text, quotes, and definitions sometimes combined with photographs and objects. In 1969, when he was 24 years old, Kosuth wrote an essay about art that was published and "became a founding text of Conceptualism". He asserted that philosophy was dead and was replaced by art whose purpose was to... Read full biography
Born in Toledo, Ohio, Joseph Kosuth is one of the first Conceptual artists, concerned with the mechanics of meaning in language, especially words used in various contexts. He has done installations with text, quotes, and definitions sometimes combined with photographs and objects. In 1969, when he was 24 years old, Kosuth wrote an essay about art that was published and "became a founding text of Conceptualism". He asserted that philosophy was dead and was replaced by art whose purpose was to deliver information with disposable materials, which were "little more than historical curiosities". In this way, art became an ascetic faith and fulfills spiritual needs. Maturing as an artist, Joseph Kosuth held to his conceptualist theories but also... Read full biography
Born in Toledo, Ohio, Joseph Kosuth is one of the first Conceptual artists, concerned with the mechanics of meaning in language, especially words used in various contexts. He has done installations with text, quotes, and definitions sometimes combined with photographs and objects. In 1969, when he was 24 years old, Kosuth wrote an essay about art that was published and "became a founding text of Conceptualism". He asserted that philosophy was dead and was replaced by art whose purpose was to deliver information with disposable materials, which were "little more than historical curiosities". In this way, art became an ascetic faith and fulfills spiritual needs. Maturing as an artist, Joseph Kosuth held to his conceptualist theories but also expanded his beliefs so that he is not committed to only one approach. Many of his late 20th and early 21st century works are dreamlike, focuse... Read full biography
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Museums & Collections (7)
All MuseumsArtists Rights Society
65 Bleecker St, 12th Floor
New York City, NY 10012Musée d'art Contemporain de Lyon / Museum of Contemporary Art, Lyon
81 Cité Internationale, Quai Charles de Gaulle
Lyon, FranceNational Gallery of Victoria (NGV)
180 St Kilda Road
Melbourne, AustraliaSaint Louis Art Museum
Forest Park
One Fine Arts Drive
St. Louis, MO 63110The University of Arizona Museum of Art
1031 N. Olive Road
Tucson, AZ 85721-0002Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Ganesvoort Street
New York City, NY 10014