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Joseph Kosuth Biography
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1945 |
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Born in Toledo, Ohio, January 31.
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1963 - 1964 |
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Educated at the Cleveland Institute of Art
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1965 - 1967 |
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The School of Visual Arts, New York City
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1968 |
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Cassandra Foundation Grant
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1971 - 1972 |
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New School for Social Research, New York, (anthropology and philosophy) 1971-72.
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1967 - 1985 |
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Faculty, Department of Fine Art, The School of Visual Arts, New York City 1967-1985;
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1988 - 1990 |
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Professor at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Hamburg
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1991 |
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Frederick Weisman Award
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1993 |
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The Menzione d'Onore at the Venice Biennale
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1993 |
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Received the Chevalier de l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres from the French government
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1991 - 1997 |
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Professor at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildende Künste, Stuttgart
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1999 |
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A 3.00 franc postage stamp was issued by the French Government in honor of his work in Figeac.
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2001 |
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Received the Laura Honoris Causa, doctorate in Philosophy and Letters from the University of Bologna.
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2001 |
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His novel ‘Purloined’ was published by Salon Verlag.
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2003 |
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Received the Austrian Republic’s highest honor for accomplishments in science and culture, the Golden Cross
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Lives in New York City and Rome, Italy. Currently Professor at the Kunstakademie Munich and Istituto Universitario di Architettura, Venice, Italy.
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2005
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Nikolaj Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, Copenhagen, Denmark, Joseph Kosuth and Ilya & Emilia Kabakov: Hans Christian Andersen-A Life World.(solo)
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2005
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Monika Sprüth Philomene Magers, München (solo)
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2005
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Nikolaj, Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, Copenhagen, Denmark, Exhibition on the occasion of the 200th Birthday of Hans Christian Andersen
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2004
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Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, Re-defining the Context of Art: 1968-2004, ‘The Second Investigation’ and Public Media(solo)
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2004
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Hellenic American Union, Athens, Greece, ‘Guests and Foreigners, Rules and Meanings (Athens)’(solo)
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2004
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Foreigners, Rules and Meanings (Athens) 'Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, ‘À Propos (Réflecteur de Réflecteur)’(solo)
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2003
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Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, From Broodthaers to Horn Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany, Die Neue Kunsthalle II
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2003
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The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, USA, Living With Duchamp
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2003
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Couvent de Morsiglia (FRAC Corse), Mairie de Morsiglia, France, ré-invention de la collection
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2003
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Tina Kim Fine Art, New York, USA, Then All the World Would be Upside Down
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2003
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Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, USA, upon reflection…
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2003
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Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, USA, Raid the Icebox
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2003
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Museum für neue kunst ZKM Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany, The Daimler Chrysler Collection
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2003
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Dickinson Roundell, New York, USA, Aftershock
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2003
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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA, Singular Forms Sometimes Repeated): Art from 1951 to the Present
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2003
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Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CONN, USA, Off the Wall: Works from the JP Morgan Chase Collection
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2003
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Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain de la Ville de Nice, Nice, France, Intra-Muros
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2003
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The Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland, Joyce in Art:Visual Art Inspired by James Joyce
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2000
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Galleria Lia Rumma, Milan, Italy, ‘Essays’(solo)
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2000
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Galerie Achim Kubinski, Berlin, Germany, ‘Essays’(solo)
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2000
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Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, ‘Essays’(solo)
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2000
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Adam Art Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand, ‘Guests and Foreigners, Rules and Meanings (Te Kore)’(solo)
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2000
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Collegium Artisticum, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzogovenia, ‘Eight Locations of Meaning’(solo)
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2000
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Musée Champollion, Figeac, France, ‘Place of Writing, Five Works by Joseph Kosuth, from ‘One and Three Chairs’ to ‘Ex Libris, J.-F. Champollion (Figeac)’(solo)
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2000
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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston 'Artist, Curator, Collector: James McNeill Whistler, Bernard Berenson and Isabella Stewart Gardner–Three Locations in the Creative Process'(solo)
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1999
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Villa Medici – Académie de France, Rome, Italy, ‘Condizioni D’Assenza (Il nome e chi lo porta, a G.)’ / ‘Conditions of Absence (The name and its bearer, for G.)’(solo)
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1999
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Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, ‘Gäste und Fremde: Goethes Italienische Reise. Eine Installation’ / ‘Guests and Foreigners: Goethes Italian Journey. An Installation’(solo)
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1999
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Römerberg Subway Station, Frankfurt am Main, Germany,‘Von Angesicht zu Angesicht’(solo)
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1999
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Galleria Franca Mancini, Pesaro, Italy, ‘Frammenti di Rossini (Ospiti e Stranieri)’(solo)
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1999
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Borusan Kültür ve Sanat. Istanbul, Turkey. ‘Konuklar ve Yabancilar: Rossini Türkiye de’ / ‘Guests and Foreigners:Rossini in Turkey’(solo)
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1999
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Kunstmuseum des Kantons Thurgau, Ittingen, Switzerland. ‘Eine verstummte Bibliothek’ / ‘A Silenced Library’(solo)
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1999
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Galleria Lia Rumma, Naples, Italy, ‘Essays’ (solo)
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1999
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Chiba City Museum of Art, Chiba City, Japan. ‘Guests and Foreigners: The Years of Isolation.’ Including a Survey of Works 1965-1999). Traveled to Tokushima Modern Art Museum, Tokushima, Japan (2000)(solo)
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