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)
Discharge, lege artis, onversion (2 works), 1989

Joseph Kosuth

Discharge, lege artis, onversion (2 works), 1989

Sale Date: October 1, 2011

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Quoted (+ 2 others; 3 works), 1995

Joseph Kosuth

Quoted (+ 2 others; 3 works), 1995

Sale Date: July 21, 2011

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Untitled (+ 2 others; 3 works), 1989

Joseph Kosuth

Untitled (+ 2 others; 3 works), 1989

Sale Date: July 21, 2011

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Cathexis, 1981

Joseph Kosuth

Cathexis, 1981

Sale Date: June 28, 2011

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Una sola frase, 2003

Joseph Kosuth

Una sola frase, 2003

Sale Date: May 12, 2011

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Discharge - conversion, lege artis (in 2..., 1989

Joseph Kosuth

Discharge - conversion, lege artis (in 2..., 1989

Sale Date: June 9, 2011

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Ein Schiller Labyrinth, 1993

Joseph Kosuth

Ein Schiller Labyrinth, 1993

Sale Date: May 28, 2011

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Art as idea as idea, concept, 1967

Joseph Kosuth

Art as idea as idea, concept, 1967

Sale Date: May 25, 2011

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Gaste und fremde: Goethes italienische reise, 1999

Joseph Kosuth

Gaste und fremde: Goethes italienische reise, 1999

Sale Date: May 18, 2011

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Five words in five colors, 1965

Joseph Kosuth

Five words in five colors, 1965

Sale Date: May 11, 2011

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Art as idea as idea -yellow-, 1967

Joseph Kosuth

Art as idea as idea -yellow-, 1967

Sale Date: April 12, 2011

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Modus operandi, 1988

Joseph Kosuth

Modus operandi, 1988

Sale Date: April 7, 2011

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Text, context, convention, 1979

Joseph Kosuth

Text, context, convention, 1979

Sale Date: April 7, 2011

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Text / Context (Ghent), 1978

Joseph Kosuth

Text / Context (Ghent), 1978

Sale Date: April 7, 2011

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

Joseph Kosuth

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

Sale Date: March 7, 2011

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Jorge Luis Borges (Book of sand), 1995

Joseph Kosuth

Jorge Luis Borges (Book of sand), 1995

Sale Date: March 6, 2011

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Titled abstracts (set of 4), 1968

Joseph Kosuth

Titled abstracts (set of 4), 1968

Sale Date: February 6, 2011

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Missing, 1979

Joseph Kosuth

Missing, 1979

Sale Date: February 17, 2011

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Lex and ligare (VI A), 2002

Joseph Kosuth

Lex and ligare (VI A), 2002

Sale Date: January 20, 2008

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Mens agitat molem, 2003

Joseph Kosuth

Mens agitat molem, 2003

Sale Date: January 20, 2008

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One + Nine, a Re-text no.2 (series of 9), 2003

Joseph Kosuth

One + Nine, a Re-text no.2 (series of 9), 2003

Sale Date: March 17, 2009

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Mens agitat molem, 2003

Joseph Kosuth

Mens agitat molem, 2003

Sale Date: January 29, 2011

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One+nine, a re-text no.6 (in 2 parts), 2003

Joseph Kosuth

One+nine, a re-text no.6 (in 2 parts), 2003

Sale Date: November 28, 2009

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One+nine, a re-text no.9 (in 2 parts), 2003

Joseph Kosuth

One+nine, a re-text no.9 (in 2 parts), 2003

Sale Date: November 28, 2009

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