Thought. Titled 'art as idea as idea'
Artist
Joseph Kosuth
(USA, född 1945)
Alternate Title
- Tanke. Benämnd 'konst som idé som idé'
Date1967
MediumCollage och foto
Dimensions11,6 x 9,8 cm (MOMB 50:1)
120 x 120 cm (MOMB 50:2)
ClassificationPhotography, Drawings
Credit LinePurchase 1979
Countries
Object NumberMOMB 50
The artwork is not on display
About the artworkIn the 1930s, surrealist René Magritte posed questions relating to how we view the relationship between language, image and reality. Ceci n'est pas une pipe, he captioned a painting that portrayed - a pipe. Isolating and analysing words and phrases was later to become a standard element of conceptual art, in which depiction and meaning were seen as more important than form or sensory perception. This became the "art that studied itself," in which the boundaries between art and theory became blurred. Kosuth's enlargements of dictionary definitions relating to art have become an icon of conceptual art.
Selected exhibition history Ny presentation av samlingen (2000-2002) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Efterkrigstid till 1970-tal Moderna Museet, Stockholm Samlingsutställning 2004 - 2011 - I vår tid (2004 - 2011) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Samlingsutställning 2010 - Konst som en idé om konsten (2010) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Moderna Museets samling i ny presentation (1998-2000) Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Selected exhibition history Ny presentation av samlingen (2000-2002) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Efterkrigstid till 1970-tal Moderna Museet, Stockholm Samlingsutställning 2004 - 2011 - I vår tid (2004 - 2011) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Samlingsutställning 2010 - Konst som en idé om konsten (2010) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Moderna Museets samling i ny presentation (1998-2000) Moderna Museet, Stockholm