Joseph Kosuth

(American, born 1945)

Joseph Kosuth is an American Conceptual artist known for his ongoing investigation into language and its utility within art. Through his text-based works and installations, Kosuth examines semiotic expression, as seen in his seminal work One and Three Chairs (1965), which consists of a wooden chair, a photograph of the same chair, and the dictionary definition of a chair. Like the work of John Baldessari and Daniel Buren, Kosuth takes art from the physical world into the realm of ideas. “When objects are presented within the context of art (and until recently objects always have been used) they are as eligible for aesthetic consideration as are any objects in the world,” he once mused. “An aesthetic consideration of an object existing in the realm of art means that the object's existence or functioning in an art context is irrelevant to the aesthetic judgment.” Born on January 31, 1945 in Toledo, OH, Kosuth studied at the Toledo Museum School of Design, the Cleveland Art Institute, and the School of Visual Arts throughout the late 1950s into the 1960s. After his first solo exhibition at the Leo Castelli Gallery and an appointment as the American editor for Art and Language journal in 1969, the artist began an anthropological and philosophical inquiry at the New School for Social Research that would carry over into his artistic practice. He currently lives and works between New York, NY and Rome, Italy. Kosuth’s works are included in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Tate Gallery in London, and the Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art in Budapest, among others.

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Joseph Kosuth (628 results)
Zero & Not, 1989

Joseph Kosuth

Zero & Not, 1989

Sale Date: October 7, 2014

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One+Nine, a Re-text #9 (in 2 parts), 2003

Joseph Kosuth

One+Nine, a Re-text #9 (in 2 parts), 2003

Sale Date: May 31, 2014

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Seeing Reading, 1981

Joseph Kosuth

Seeing Reading, 1981

Sale Date: July 2, 2014

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A che punto sei? (Where Are You Standing?)..., 1976

Joseph Kosuth

A che punto sei? (Where Are You Standing?)..., 1976

Sale Date: July 2, 2014

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Titled (Art as idea as idea) (Ultra), 1967

Joseph Kosuth

Titled (Art as idea as idea) (Ultra), 1967

Sale Date: July 1, 2014

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Ex libris (N.F.F.L) (diptych), 1991

Joseph Kosuth

Ex libris (N.F.F.L) (diptych), 1991

Sale Date: June 23, 2014

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Titled (Art as idea as idea) (Object), 1967

Joseph Kosuth

Titled (Art as idea as idea) (Object), 1967

Sale Date: June 12, 2014

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Mens agitat molem, 2003

Joseph Kosuth

Mens agitat molem, 2003

Sale Date: June 21, 2014

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Example, 1967–1968

Joseph Kosuth

Example, 1967–1968

Sale Date: June 5, 2014

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Error, 1967–1968

Joseph Kosuth

Error, 1967–1968

Sale Date: June 5, 2014

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#114 (+ 216, After Augustine's Confessions)..., 1989

Joseph Kosuth

#114 (+ 216, After Augustine's Confessions)..., 1989

Sale Date: June 5, 2014

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Untitled (from Siebdrucke) (in 2 parts), 1987

Joseph Kosuth

Untitled (from Siebdrucke) (in 2 parts), 1987

Sale Date: June 3, 2014

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Nominated Object, 1990

Joseph Kosuth

Nominated Object, 1990

Sale Date: May 21, 2014

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Self-described twice (Cobalt blue), 1966

Joseph Kosuth

Self-described twice (Cobalt blue), 1966

Sale Date: May 14, 2014

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Wittgenstein s color, 1989

Joseph Kosuth

Wittgenstein s color, 1989

Sale Date: April 15, 2014

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Senza titolo, 1970–1979

Joseph Kosuth

Senza titolo, 1970–1979

Sale Date: April 15, 2014

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Ex libris (N.F.F.L) (diptych), 1991

Joseph Kosuth

Ex libris (N.F.F.L) (diptych), 1991

Sale Date: April 8, 2014

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Conciousness...Hegel, Phenomenology of Mind, 1991

Joseph Kosuth

Conciousness...Hegel, Phenomenology of Mind, 1991

Sale Date: March 29, 2014

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Untitled

Joseph Kosuth

Untitled

Sale Date: March 19, 2014

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Double Reading #13 (in 2 parts), 1993

Joseph Kosuth

Double Reading #13 (in 2 parts), 1993

Sale Date: March 7, 2014

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Titled (Art as Idea as Idea) (Art), 1968

Joseph Kosuth

Titled (Art as Idea as Idea) (Art), 1968

Sale Date: February 11, 2014

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L´essence de la rhétorique est dans..., 1998

Joseph Kosuth

L´essence de la rhétorique est dans..., 1998

Sale Date: December 6, 2013

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Ex libris (N.F.F.L) (diptych), 1991

Joseph Kosuth

Ex libris (N.F.F.L) (diptych), 1991

Sale Date: December 7, 2013

Auction Closed

Wittgenstein's Colour, 1989

Joseph Kosuth

Wittgenstein's Colour, 1989

Sale Date: December 12, 2013

Auction Closed

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