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)
Untitled (Study for rubber stamp), 1966

Joseph Kosuth

Untitled (Study for rubber stamp), 1966

Sale Date: May 22, 2007

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A four colour sentence, 1965

Joseph Kosuth

A four colour sentence, 1965

Sale Date: February 9, 2007

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Art as idea as idea, 1967

Joseph Kosuth

Art as idea as idea, 1967

Sale Date: February 8, 2007

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One and three plants (Anglais/Danois), 1965

Joseph Kosuth

One and three plants (Anglais/Danois), 1965

Sale Date: October 29, 2006

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

Joseph Kosuth

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

Sale Date: October 29, 2006

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

Joseph Kosuth

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

Sale Date: October 29, 2006

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

Joseph Kosuth

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

Sale Date: October 29, 2006

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A four colour sentence, 1965

Joseph Kosuth

A four colour sentence, 1965

Sale Date: October 17, 2006

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Titled (Art as idea as idea), 1967

Joseph Kosuth

Titled (Art as idea as idea), 1967

Sale Date: October 14, 2006

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(this part obscure.), 1994

Joseph Kosuth

(this part obscure.), 1994

Sale Date: October 11, 2006

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Practice, 1975

Joseph Kosuth

Practice, 1975

Sale Date: September 16, 2006

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Text/Context (Conventional), 1978

Joseph Kosuth

Text/Context (Conventional), 1978

Sale Date: September 27, 2006

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Titled (Art as idea as idea), 1967

Joseph Kosuth

Titled (Art as idea as idea), 1967

Sale Date: June 22, 2006

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One + Nine, Re-text #3 (in 2 parts), 2003

Joseph Kosuth

One + Nine, Re-text #3 (in 2 parts), 2003

Sale Date: June 23, 2006

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Hypercathesis (set of 6), 1982

Joseph Kosuth

Hypercathesis (set of 6), 1982

Sale Date: April 26, 2006

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Insurance (Art as idea, as idea) Valid as..., 1968

Joseph Kosuth

Insurance (Art as idea, as idea) Valid as..., 1968

Sale Date: April 4, 2006

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Untitled (Nietzsche), 1989

Joseph Kosuth

Untitled (Nietzsche), 1989

Sale Date: December 7, 2005

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Discharge, conversion lege artis (diptych), 1989

Joseph Kosuth

Discharge, conversion lege artis (diptych), 1989

Sale Date: December 3, 2005

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Sans titre, 1995

Joseph Kosuth

Sans titre, 1995

Sale Date: December 12, 2005

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Art as idea as idea, 1968

Joseph Kosuth

Art as idea as idea, 1968

Sale Date: December 7, 2005

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Five words in violet neon, 1965

Joseph Kosuth

Five words in violet neon, 1965

Sale Date: October 23, 2005

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Art as idea as idea, 1968

Joseph Kosuth

Art as idea as idea, 1968

Sale Date: October 9, 2005

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Face/surface (collab. w/Sarah Charlesworth;..., 1975

Joseph Kosuth

Face/surface (collab. w/Sarah Charlesworth;..., 1975

Sale Date: October 6, 2005

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Analogy, 1965

Joseph Kosuth

Analogy, 1965

Sale Date: October 6, 2005

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