A bar closed for renovation. Lavori di ristrutturazione. So I walked on to Casa dei Tre Oci, where Joseph Kosuth’s new show was waiting.
A banner across the Grand Canal asks you to detach the self from the outer world. Three seconds, then the next vaporetto passes.
Venice doesn’t allow detachment. That’s the point.
Notes from the first of May:

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Where Are You Standing? — Lautenbacher

Friday, 1 May. The plan was simple: a late breakfast at Bar Zitelle on the Giudecca, a glass of white wine, the Bacino with the Doge's Palace right across the water. But the bar was closed. So I walked the few steps further to the Casa dei Tre Oci, where Joseph Kosuth's The-exchange-value-of-langua

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31 stycznia 1945 roku urodził się Joseph Kosuth – amerykański artysta i teoretyk, jeden z najważniejszych przedstawicieli sztuki konceptualnej. Jego słynna praca „One and Three Chairs” zapoczątkowała filozoficzną debatę o znaczeniu w sztuce — czy sztuka to przedmiot, czy może jego idea? (fot. Wikipedia) #sztuka #JosephKosuth #konceptualizm
Joseph Kosuth: Floor - A Description, 1966 (Grey/Concrete/Floor/Surface), 4 glass plates,
photographed in: Paul Maenz Gallery, Cologne 1983. More informations: Dreher, Thomas: Konzeptuelle Kunst in Amerika 1963-1976, chapter Selbst- und Fremdbezug. Internet: https://dreher.netzliteratur.net/3_Konzeptkunst_Text.html #josephkosuth #conceptart #conceptualart #conceptualartwork #conceptualartworks #conceptartist #conceptartists #conceptartwork #conceptartworks #floorglass #paulmaenz #paulmaenzgallery
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Joseph Kosuth: The Second Investigation, 1968-1970. Multipart work in different media. More informations: Dreher, Thomas: Kontextreflexive Kunst: Selbst- und Fremdbezüge in intermedialen Präsentationsformen, p.88-91. PDF: https://dreher.netzliteratur.net/9_KontextKunst_Text.pdf #josephkosuth #conceptualart #conceptualartist #conceptualartwork #conceptualartworks #contextart #contextartwork #contextualart #thomasdreher #josephkosuthinvestigation
Joseph Kosuth: The Tenth Investigation, Proposition One,1974. Neue Galerie Kassel. More informations: Dreher, Thomas: Konzeptuelle Kunst in Amerika und England zwischen 1963 und 1976. Frankfurt am Main 1992, p.281-294 (interpretation of the relations between the parts of the installation). PDF: https://dreher.netzliteratur.net/3_Konzeptkunst_Diss.pdf #josephkosuth #thomasdreher #ConceptArt #conceptartist #conceptartwork #conceptartworks #conceptualart #conceptualartist #conceptualartists #installationart #installationartwork
Joseph Kosuth: One and Three Chairs, 1965. Chair, photograph, text enlargement (English-German version). Paul Maenz Collection, Neues Museum Weimar. More informations: Dreher, Thomas: Konzeptuelle Kunst in Amerika und England 1963-76, chapter Fluxus und "Concept Art". Internet: https://dreher.netzliteratur.net/3_Konzeptkunst_Text.html #josephkosuth #oneandthreechairs #phototext #conceptart #conceptartwork #conceptartist #thomasdreher #conceptartists #conceptartworks #artafterphilosophy
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