'Seeing Reading'
[cobalt blue], 1979

 

'Seeing Knowing', 2004

 

‘No Number #8 (+216 After Augustine’s Confessions)’, 1989

Born in Toledo, Ohio, in 1945, Kosuth is one of the leading exponents of Conceptual art. At the end of the 1960s his artistic concerns focused on the confrontation between the visual arts and the philosophy of language.

Kosuth’s works are intentionally distant from all that has to do with emotion and autobiographical intent. Tey investigate the nature of artistic propositions (images, iconic and verbal symbols, objects), analyzing them within their linguistic contexts.

The Investigations are among his most noted works. Each installation in this series is divided into three parts: a real object is shown alongside its photographic reproduction and a definition from the dictionary.