Joseph Kosuth
° 1945
Born in Toledo (Ohio) (United States), lives in New York (United States), lives in Rome (Italy).
Joseph Kosuth was born in 1945, in Toledo, Ohio. In 1965 Kosuth moved to New York to attend the School of Visual Arts; he would later join the faculty. In 1966, he worked closely on projects with private dealer and curator Seth Siegelaub, along with the artists Carl Andre, Robert Barry, Douglas Huebler, and Lawrence Weiner, in which what is now known as "Conceptual Art". In 1969 Kosuth held his first solo exhibition at Leo Castelli Gallery, New York and in the same year became the American editor of the journal Art and Language.
From 1971-1972 he studied anthropology and philosophy at the New School for Social Research, New York. The philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein, among others, influenced the development of his art from the late sixties to mid-seventies. Kosuth's work has consistently explored the production and role of language and meaning within art. His nearly forty year inquiry into the relation of language to art has taken the form of installations, museum exhibitions, public commissions and publications throughout Europe, the Americas and Asia, including Documenta V, VI, VII and IX (1972, 1978, 1982, 1992) and the Biennale di Venezia in 1976, 1993 and 1999. Most recently, he exhibited Il Linguaggio dell'Equilibrio / The Language of Equilibrium at the Monastic Headquarters of the Mekhitarian Order on the island of San Lazzaro degli Armeni, Venice. This was presented concurrently with the 2007 Biennale di Venezia.
Works
>Joseph Kosuth, Joseph Kosuth : Teksten/Textes, 1976.Book, ink, paper, 20.5 x 14.5 cm, 160 p., language : Dutch, French, publisher : ICC/Internationaal Cultureel Centrum, Antwerpen.
>Joseph Kosuth, Exchange of Meaning - Translation in the work of Joseph Kosuth, 1989.Book, ink, paper, 27.5 x 21 cm, 195p., language : Dutch, English, French, publisher : Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen & I.C.C./Internationaal Cultureel Centrum Antwerpen.
>Joseph Kosuth, Purloined - A Novel, 2000.Book, ink, paper, 22.1 x 14.2 cm, 120 p, language: English, publisher: Cologne: Salon Verlag, ISBN: 3897700158.
Exhibitions & Ensembles
> Exhibition: Book Lovers 4.0 (Pop-up Bookstore). 28 January 2014 - 02 February 2014.
> Exhibition: Chris Reinecke - Haben Sie Zeit zum Lesen?. 14 May 2022 - 21 August 2022.
> Exhibition: Exchange of Meaning – Translation in the Work of Joseph Kosuth. 06 May 1989 - 11 June 1989.
> Exhibition: EXTRA MUROS: Jubilee. MuHKA: a Guest in the KMSKA. 29 June 2007 - 18 November 2007.
> Exhibition: Imogen Stidworthy – Die Lucky Bush. 23 May 2008 - 17 August 2008.
> Exhibition: THE BOOK LOVERS - A Project about Artist Novels. 25 January 2013 - 09 March 2013.
> Exhibition: The Collection II and a Choice of Donations and Loans. 30 June 1990 - 04 November 1990.
> Exhibition: The Preparation of the Novel (Book Lovers 5.0). 18 July 2014 - 05 September 2014.
> Exhibition: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE ARTWORK BECOMES A NOVEL?. 07 December 2012 - 21 April 2013.
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> Ensemble: Huis A 37 90 89.
> Ensemble: ICC POSTER ARCHIVE.
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> Ensemble: ICC_Publications.
> Ensemble: M HKA_DEFAULT_PUBLICATIONS.
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> Ensemble: M HKA_DEFAULT_WORKS.
> Ensemble: The Artist's Novel.