Representative work by Joseph Kosuth
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Artist

Joseph Kosuth

b. 1945, Toledo, Ohio, USA · American

Joseph Kosuth became a leading figure in Conceptual art by treating definitions, propositions and systems of meaning as artistic material. One and Three Chairs remains a concise demonstration of the gap between object, image and language.

Text; installation; photography; conceptual practice

Gallery Representation

Major Works

  • One and Three Chairs
  • One and Three Hammers
  • Art as Idea as Idea
  • Five Words in Orange Neon
  • Titled (Art as Idea as Idea) [Water]
  • Information Room
  • Zero & Not
  • Cathexis
  • The Second Investigation
  • An Elementary Parallelism

Interviews & Writing

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