Kosuth Joseph

Joseph Kosuth

1945
Born in Toledo, USA

1965-1967
Studied fine arts at the School of Visual Arts in New York, USA

1988-1990
Professor at Hochshule für Bildenden Künste, Hamburg, Germany

1991-1997
Professor at Staatliche Academie der Bildende Künste. Stuttgart, Germany

At present a Professor at the Instituto Universitario di Architectura, Venice, Italy

Lives in New York, USA and Rome


Selected Solo Exhibitions
1968
Nothing. Gallery 669, Los Angeles, USA

1969
15 Locations 1969/1970 (Art as Idea as Idea). Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, USA

1971
Joseph Kosuth. Centro de Arte y Communication, Buenos-Aires

1973
Art Investigations and Problematics. Kunstmuseum, Luzern, Switzerland

1974
Investigations sur l’art et problématique 1965–1973. Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris

1976
Beitrage zur Konzeptuellen Kunst 1965–1976. Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen, FRG

1978
Tekst / Kontekst. Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands; Centre d’art contemporain, Genève, Switzerland; Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, UK

1980
Ten Partial Descriptions. P. S. 1, New York, USA

1981
Bedeutung von Bedeutung. Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart; Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, FRG

1985
OEuvres récentes 1981–1985. Centre d’Art Contemporain, Genève, Switzerland

1988
Modus Operandi: Cancellato. Museo di Capodimonte, Naples, Italy

1989
Exchange of Meaning. Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp, Belgium

1992
A Play: The Herald Tribune, Kafka and a Quote. Hirshhorn Museum, Washington

1993
Zeno At The Edge Of The Known World. La 45 Biennale di Venezia, Hungarian Pavillion, Venice, Italy

1994
The Corridor of Two Banalities (with Ilya Kabakov). Zamek Ujazdowski, Warsaw
Berliner Chronik. Kunstwerke, Berlin

1995
Joseph Kosuth and American Conceptualism. Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo

1997
Re-defining the Context of Art: 1968–1997. MIT List Visual Arts Center, Boston, USA

1998
Die Anfänge der Konzeptkunst: Frühe Arbeiten von Joseph Kosuth. Kunsthaus Glarus, Glarus, Switzerland

2000
Joseph Kosuth – Essays. Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, USA
Joseph Kosuth. Galleria Lia Rumma, Naples, Italy

2003
A Centennial Project by Joseph Kosuth. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, USA

2004
Joseph Kosuth - Redefining the Context of Art: 1968–2004. Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands

2005
Joseph Kosuth. Monika Sprüth Philomene Magers, Munich, Germany
Joseph Kosuth. Kunsthallen Nikolaj, Copenhagen

2006
a labyrinth into which I can venture. Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, USA
Early Works. Mulier Mulier Gallery, Knokke-Heist, Belgium
Joseph Kosuth. Simon Lee Gallery, London

2007
Joseph Kosuth. Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain


Selected Group Exhibitions
1969
When Attitudes Become Form. Kunsthalle Bern, Bern
Prospect 69. Stadtische Kunsthalle, Dusseldorf, FRG
Konzeption. Stadtischen Museum, Leverkusen, FRG

1970
Information. Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA

1971
Arte de sistemas. Museo de arte moderno, Buenos-Aires

1972
Documenta V. Kassel, Germany
"Konzept" – Kunst. Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland

1973
Kunst aus Fotografie. Kunstverein, Hannover, FRG

1974
Idea and Image in Recent Art. Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA
Kunst bleibt Kunst: Projekt ‘74. Kunsthalle, Cologne, FRG

1976
Seventy-second American Exhibition. Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
La 37 Biennale di Venezia. Venice, Italy

1977
Illusion and Reality. Australian National Gallery, Canberra
Words at Liberty. Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA

1978
Documenta VI. Kassel, FRG
Words at Liberty, and A View of The Decade. Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA

1979
Printed Art: A View of Two Decades. Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA

1982
Documenta VII. Kassel, Germany

1983
Photography In Contemporary Art. National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Ars 83. Ateneumin Taidemuseo, Helsinki

1984
Content: A Contemporary Focus 1974–1984. Hirshhorn Museum, Washington

1985
Process und Konstruktion: 1985 in Munchen. Künstlerwerkstatten, Munich, FRG
Mehr Licht. Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, FRG

1986
Rooted Rhetoric. Palazzina Centrale Castel dell’Ovo, Naples, Italy
Chambres d’Amis. Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent, Belgium

1987
Whitney Biennial. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA

1988
Art Conceptuel I. Musée d’Art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France
Implosion: Ett Postmodern perspektiv. Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Blow-Up. Württemburgischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, FRG

1989
L’Art Conceptuel, une perspective. Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris
Image World: Art and Media Culture. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA

1990
Contemporary Art in an Urban Context. Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, FRG
New Art for New Spaces: Into the Nineties. Wexner Center for Visual Arts, Columbsus, USA

1991
Détente. Dum Umeni Messa Brna, Brno, Czechoslovakia

1992
Documenta IX. Kassel, Germany
No Rocks Allowed. Witte de With, Rotterdam, Netherlands

1993
All Roads lead to Rome? Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome
L’Objet dans l’Art du XX Siècle. Carré d’Art-Musée d’Art Contemporain, Nîmes, France
The Foreigner, The Gues. Offenes Kulturhaus, Linz, Austria

1995
Reinventing the Emblem: Contemporary Artists Recreate a Renaissance Idea. Yale University, New Heaven, USA

1965–1975
Reconsidering the Object of Art. Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA
Revolutionists of Contemporary Art - Art in the 1960’s. Tokyo Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
Intervenciones en el espacio. Museo Bellas Artes, Caracas

1996
Travaux Publics. Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands

1997
Künstler Innen. Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz, Austria
A House Is Not A Home. Rooseum, Malmö, Sweden
Le Bel Aujourd’hui. OEuvres d’une Collection Privée. Le Nouveau Musée / Institut FRAC Rhône-Alpes, Villeurbanne, France

1998
Poèmes à petite vitesse. Musée d’Art Contemporain Lyon, Lyon, France
Das Jahrhundert der Künstlerischen Freiheit. Secession, Vienna

1999
Impact: Revealing Sources for Contemporary Art. Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, USA
Chronos and Kairos, die Zeit in der zeitgenössischen Kunst. Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany

2000
Percepciones en transformación: La Colección Panza del Museo Guggenheim Bilbao.
Museo Guggenheim de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo, Bilbao, Spain
Baldessari - Kabakov - Kosuth - Pistoletto – Quartet. Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Tempo! Viaggio nell’idea e nella rappresentazione del tempo. Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome
Postmedia - Conceptual Photography in the Guggenheim Museum Collection. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA

2001
Shortcuts. Deste Foundation, Athens
il Dono. Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena, Italy
Aus der Sammlung Lauffs II. Museum Haus Esters, Krefeld, Germany

2002
Migrazioni - Kunstraum Deutschland. Centro Sperimentale per le Arti Contemporanee, Caraglio, Italy
Guida III (2002). Museo d’arte moderna e contemporanea, Bolzano, Italy
Peinture et photographie. Gabrielle Salomon – Art Conseil, Paris
Keine Kleinigkeit. Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Iconoclash - Jenseits der Bilderkriege in Wissenschaft, Religion und Kunst. ZKM Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe, Germany

2003
Zona People 1974–1985. Musée d’art moderne et contemporain, Genève, Switzerland
From Broodthaers to Horn. Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands

2004
Walter Benjamin und die Kunst der Gegenwart / Schrift - Bilder – Denken. Haus am Waldsee, Berlin
1 Bienal Internacionál de Arte Contemporaneo de Sevilla. Sevilla, Spain
Singular Forms (Sometimes Repeated) - Art from 1951 to the Present. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA

2005
Lichtkunst aus Kunstlicht. ZKM Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe, Germany
Translation. Palais de Tokyo, Paris

2006
Models and Prototypes. Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Saint Louise, USA
Faster! Bigger! Better! ZKM Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe, Germany
Inventur. Kunsthaus Graz, Graz, Austria

2007
Im Wort. Kunsthalle Göppingen, Göppingen, Germany
Da Bauhaus (Agora!) Museo de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand , Sao Paulo, Brazil
Numerica. Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena, Italy
Konceptualna umetnost. Muzej savremene umetnosti Vojvodine, Novy Sad, Serbia
Refract, Reflect, Project - Light Works from the Collection. Hirshhorn Museum, Washington

Collections
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art - Kanazawa, Kanazawa, Japan
Ars Aevi Museum of Contemporary Art, Sarajevo
Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris
Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, USA
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
Kiasma, Helsinki
Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden
Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Museo d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Rovereto, Italy
Museum Moderner Kunst, Stiftung Ludwig im MQ, Vienna
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, USA
Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, USA
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
Städtische Galerie Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany
Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Tate Britain, London
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA
ZKM Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe, Germany National Centre for Contemporary
Arts, Moscow

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