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)
Ex libris, 1991

Joseph Kosuth

Ex libris, 1991

Sale Date: February 15, 2010

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Una proposición, 1990

Joseph Kosuth

Una proposición, 1990

Sale Date: February 24, 2010

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Art as idea as idea, color, 1967

Joseph Kosuth

Art as idea as idea, color, 1967

Sale Date: November 25, 2009

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Wittgenstein Untitled (from Independent..., 1991

Joseph Kosuth

Wittgenstein Untitled (from Independent..., 1991

Sale Date: November 15, 2009

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Untitled (from Siebdrucke Mappe; set of 2), 1987

Joseph Kosuth

Untitled (from Siebdrucke Mappe; set of 2), 1987

Sale Date: November 15, 2009

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Drawing for discussion about a lawn, 1965

Joseph Kosuth

Drawing for discussion about a lawn, 1965

Sale Date: October 17, 2009

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One and three labels- Eng.- Fr. (various..., 1965

Joseph Kosuth

One and three labels- Eng.- Fr. (various..., 1965

Sale Date: September 24, 2009

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Double reading - Calvin, Hobbes &..., 2001

Joseph Kosuth

Double reading - Calvin, Hobbes &..., 2001

Sale Date: March 16, 2009

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

Joseph Kosuth

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

Sale Date: July 1, 2009

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Ex-libris, 1991

Joseph Kosuth

Ex-libris, 1991

Sale Date: July 6, 2009

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Dilbert-Comic, 2003

Joseph Kosuth

Dilbert-Comic, 2003

Sale Date: June 23, 2009

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Error of Philisophers 4 (Ability to..., 1991

Joseph Kosuth

Error of Philisophers 4 (Ability to..., 1991

Sale Date: May 26, 2009

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Double meaning (+ Words of a spell; 2 works)

Joseph Kosuth

Double meaning (+ Words of a spell; 2 works)

Sale Date: May 20, 2009

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Gäste und fremde, Goethes Italienische Reise, 1999

Joseph Kosuth

Gäste und fremde, Goethes Italienische Reise, 1999

Sale Date: May 20, 2009

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Modus operandi, 1988–1989

Joseph Kosuth

Modus operandi, 1988–1989

Sale Date: May 13, 2009

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Ex-libris, 1990

Joseph Kosuth

Ex-libris, 1990

Sale Date: February 10, 2009

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Work, 1978

Joseph Kosuth

Work, 1978

Sale Date: April 4, 2009

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Double Reading-Calvin, Hobbes & Nietzsche, 2001

Joseph Kosuth

Double Reading-Calvin, Hobbes & Nietzsche, 2001

Sale Date: March 16, 2009

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One and three translations (in 3 parts), 1966

Joseph Kosuth

One and three translations (in 3 parts), 1966

Sale Date: December 17, 2008

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Calvin and Hobbes...Friedrich Nietzsche, 2001

Joseph Kosuth

Calvin and Hobbes...Friedrich Nietzsche, 2001

Sale Date: December 5, 2008

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Titled, art as idea as idea, 1967

Joseph Kosuth

Titled, art as idea as idea, 1967

Sale Date: November 13, 2008

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Grass, vegetation, green, growth (+ Artists..., 1965

Joseph Kosuth

Grass, vegetation, green, growth (+ Artists..., 1965

Sale Date: October 18, 2008

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Wittgenstein's colour

Joseph Kosuth

Wittgenstein's colour

Sale Date: October 22, 2008

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I was in the office when... (+ 4 others; 5 works)

Joseph Kosuth

I was in the office when... (+ 4 others; 5 works)

Sale Date: July 31, 2008

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