The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of May 13, 2024
One and Three Photographs [Ety.]
1965
(American, 1945-)
Overall: 40.2 x 52 cm (15 13/16 x 20 1/2 in.)
© Joseph Kosuth / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Location: not on view
Description
Kosuth is regarded as one of the most significant artists to champion conceptualism, which values the idea of an artwork over the physical object itself. In this work, Kosuth compares three different ways to present information, represented by an etymological dictionary definition of photograph, a photograph by Linda Butler of the nearby Peter B. Lewis building designed by Frank Gehry, and a life-size photograph of Butler’s photograph. Kosuth’s groundbreaking work presciently questions what it means for any image to be an “original” and whether this distinction influences a picture’s meaning.- Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 117
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2009.1