biography of Joseph KOSUTH (1945)
Personal data
Birth : 01/31/1945 - Toledo OH Ohio, United States
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : United States
Address
New York NY New York, United StatesRepresentatives
Gabrielle Salomon – Art Conseil – 15 avenue du Recteur Poincaré – Paris, France
Galerie Anselm Dreher – Pfalzburger Strasse 80 – Berlin-Wilmersdorf, Germany
Sean Kelly Gallery – 528 West 29th Street – New York NY, United States
Education
1963 – 1964 : Cleveland Institute of Art – 11141 East Boulevard – Cleveland OH, United States
1965 – 1967 : SVA School of Visual Arts – 209 East 23rd Street – New York NY, United States
Work
Categorie and medium
Photography : 
Audiovisual-Multimedia : Subject
writingMovements and styles
Conceptual ArtWorks
| One Colour, Five Adjectives | |
| Date of creation : 1966 Medium : Installation Process : sound | |
| One and Eignt--A Description | |
| Date of creation : 1965 Medium : Light installation | |
| One and three boxes | |
| Date of creation : 1965 Medium : Installation Process : assemblage-text-black & white photograph | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2002
Musée Champollion – Figeac, France
07/18/2002 – 09/29/2002
1997
L’essence de la rhétorique est dans l’allégorie
Sean Kelly Gallery – New York NY, United States
04/19/1997 – 05/17/1997
Re-Defining the Context of Art: 1968-1997: The Second Investigation and Public Media
MIT List Visual Arts Center – Cambridge MA, United States
01/25/1997 – 03/29/1997
1973
Retrospective
Kunstmuseum – Luzern LU, Switzerland
1973
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2007
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais – Paris, France
10/18/2007 – 10/22/2007
Represented by : Galerie Almine Rech – 127 rue du Chevaleret – Paris, France
ArtBrussels – Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/20/2007 – 04/23/2007
Represented by : Mulier Mulier Gallery – De Wielingen 14 – Knokke-le-Zoute, Belgium
2006
Paris Photo n°10
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/16/2006 – 11/19/2006
Represented by : Galerie Florence Loewy – 46 avenue René Coty – Paris, France
Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Galerie Almine Rech – 127 rue du Chevaleret – Paris, France
2004
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, n°31
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/21/2004 – 10/25/2004
Represented by : Galerie Hans Mayer – Grabbeplatz 2 – Düsseldorf, Germany
Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Sean Kelly Gallery – 528 West 29th Street – New York NY, United States
2003
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Sean Kelly Gallery – 528 West 29th Street – New York NY, United States
Art Cologne, n° 37
Cologne, Germany
10/29/2003 – 11/02/2003
Represented by : Galerie Dr Dorothea Van Der Koelen – Hinter der Kapelle 54 – Mainz, Germany
Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Sean Kelly Gallery – 528 West 29th Street – New York NY, United States
Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n°15
Frankfurt, Germany
04/27/2003 – 05/01/2003
Represented by : salon Verlag & Edition Gerhard Theewen – Cologne, Germany
KUNSTKÖLN 2003 – Internationale Messe für Editionen, Art Brut, Kunst nach 1980
Rheinhallen – Cologne, Germany
04/05/2003 – 04/09/2003
Represented by : Salon Verlag – Pauliplatz 14 – Cologne, Germany
The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : Sean Kelly Gallery – 528 West 29th Street – New York NY, United States
2002
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Sean Kelly Gallery – 528 West 29th Street – New York NY, United States
Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Sean Kelly Gallery – 528 West 29th Street – New York NY, United States
Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n° 14
Frankfurt, Germany
05/26/2002 – 05/30/2002
Represented by : Salon Verlag – Pauliplatz 14 – Cologne, Germany
The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : Sean Kelly Gallery – 528 West 29th Street – New York NY, United States
2001
Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Sean Kelly Gallery – 528 West 29th Street – New York NY, United States
FIAC, n°28
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/10/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : Galerie Beaubourg – Chateau Notre-Dame des Fleurs – Vence, France
Art Forum Berlin, n° 6
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
10/03/2001 – 10/07/2001
Represented by : Galerie Achim Kubinski – Leibnizstrasse 59 – Berlin, Germany
Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Sean Kelly Gallery – 528 West 29th Street – New York NY, United States
Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n° 13
Frankfurt, Germany
04/28/2001 – 05/01/2001
Represented by : Salon Verlag – Pauliplatz 14 – Cologne, Germany
KUNSTKÖLN 2001 – Internationale Messe für Editionen, Art Brut, Kunst nach 1980
Rheinhallen – Cologne, Germany
03/29/2001 – 04/01/2001
Represented by : Walter Bischoff Galerie – Schreiberstr. 22 – Stuttgart, Germany
The Armory Show 2001
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/23/2001 – 02/26/2001
Represented by : Sean Kelly Gallery – 528 West 29th Street – New York NY, United States
2000
ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 7
Palazzo del Lavoro – Turin TO, Italy
10/05/2000 – 10/08/2000
Represented by : Galerie Achim Kubinski – Leibnizstrasse 59 – Berlin, Germany
Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n° 12
Frankfurt, Germany
03/24/2000 – 03/27/2000
Represented by : Galerie Vayhinger – Liggeringer Strasse 7 – Radolfzell, Germany
1999
Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Galerie Dr Dorothea Van Der Koelen – Hinter der Kapelle 54 – Mainz, Germany
1998
ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, n°17
Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I – Madrid, Spain
1998
Represented by : Galería Juana de Aizpuru – C/ Barquillo 44, I° – Madrid, Spain
1991
ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo
Madrid, Spain
02/07/1991 – 02/12/1991
Represented by : Galería Juana de Aizpuru – C/ Barquillo 44, I° – Madrid, Spain
1990
ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo
Madrid, Spain
02/08/1990 – 02/13/1990
Represented by : Galería Juana de Aizpuru – C/ Barquillo 44, I° – Madrid, Spain
Group exhibitions
2008
The Artist’s Library
Centre d’Art Contemporain – Ile de Vassivière – Vassivière, France
02/24/2008 – 06/15/2008
2005
Translation
Paris, France
06/23/2005 – 09/18/2005
2004
The Furniture of Poul Kjaerholm and Selected Work
Sean Kelly Gallery – New York NY, United States
12/10/2004 – 01/22/2005
Hommages aux collectionneurs
Centre d’Art Contemporain – Château de Tanlay – Tanlay, France
06/05/2004 – 10/01/2004
2003
Fin des Histoires ?
Chambéry, France
11/07/2003 – 02/09/2004
The Daimler Chrysler Collection: 100 artists out of more than 60 years
Museum für Neue Kunst – Karlsruhe, Germany
05/24/2003 – 08/31/2003
Collection, nouvelle présentation
MAC Musée d’Art Contemporain – Lyon, France
04/25/2003 – 08/03/2003
2002
The Overexcited Body
Queens Museum of Art – New York NY, United States
07/2002 – 09/2002
L’Art Mol et Raide…
MAC Musée d’Art Contemporain – Lyon, France
10/18/2002 – 08/01/2003
Sans commune mesure
Musée d’Art Moderne Lille Métropole – Villeneuve d’Ascq, France
09/22/2002 – 01/19/2003
XI Biennale della Scultura “Città di Carrara”
Carrare MS, Italy
07/27/2002 – 08/27/2002
Photographier
Hôtel de Caumont – Avignon, France
06/01/2002 – 11/24/2002
Iconoclash: Beyond the Image Wars in Sciences, Religion and Art
ZKM – Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe – Karlsruhe, Germany
05/04/2002 – 08/04/2002
Rapprochements – entre L’art et la mode
Espace Paul Ricard & Galerie Papillon-Fiat – Paris, France
03/12/2002 – 04/19/2002
2001
Sculpture Contemporaine
Les Subsistances – Lyon, France
11/23/2001 – 01/20/2002
The Overexcited Body
SESC Pompéia – São Paulo, Brazil
10/16/2001 – 12/02/2001
The Overexcited Body
Velodromo Vigorelli / Palazzo dell’Arengario – Milan MI, Italy
2001
Platea dell’ Umanità – 49° Biennale di Venezia
Giardini di Castello / Arsenale – Venice VE, Italy
06/10/2001 – 11/04/2001
The Overexcited Body
ONUG Office des Nations Unies à Genève / UNOG United Nations Office at Geneva – Geneva GE, Switzerland
03/21/2001
1998
Szenenwechsel / Change of Scene XIV
MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst – Frankfurt, Germany
06/19/1998 – 01/03/1999
Forty Years of Exploration and Innovation: The Artists of the Castelli Gallery 1957- 1997 Part III
Leo Castelli / Soho – New York NY, United States
01/10/1998 – 01/31/1998
1997
Le bel Aujourd’hui, oeuvres de la Collection de Françoise et Jean Philippe Billarant
IAC Institut d’art contemporain – Villeurbanne, France
1997
A house is not a home. Everyday objects in contemporary sculpture
Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art – Malmo, Sweden
10/18/1997 – 12/14/1997
1996
Collection III
The Centre for Contemporray Art Ujazdowski Castle – Warsaw, Poland
05/02/1996 – 08/31/1997
1995
Ensayo General/Répétition Générale
MAC Museo de Arte Contemporáneo – Santiago de Chile, Chile
11/1995 – 12/1995
Ensayo General/Répétition Générale
Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango – Bogotá, Colombia
07/11/1995 – 09/24/1995
1993
Aperto 93 – 45° Biennale di Venezia
Giardini di Castello / Arsenale – Venice VE, Italy
1993
1992
No Rocks Allowed
Witte de With – Rotterdam, Netherlands
1992
Documenta IX
Museum Fridericianum – Kassel, Germany
06/13/1992 – 09/20/1992
1987
La Collection du Musée d’Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne
IAC Institut d’art contemporain – Villeurbanne, France
12/12/1987 – 02/21/1988
Collection Accrochage n°3
IAC Institut d’art contemporain – Villeurbanne, France
06/03/1987 – 08/31/1987
1985
L’Art et le Temps. Regards sur la quatrième dimension
IAC Institut d’art contemporain – Villeurbanne, France
12/07/1985 – 01/26/1986
1982
Documenta 7
Museum Fridericianum, Neue Galerie, Orangerie, Auepark – Kassel, Germany
06/19/1982 – 09/28/1982
1977
Documenta 6
Museum Fridericianum, Orangerie, Neue Galerie, Karlsaue – Kassel, Germany
06/26/1977 – 10/02/1977
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