La Septième Investigation: (Proposition 8) 1970
Joseph Kosuth
1970
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La Septième Investigation: (Proposition 8) 1970
Joseph Kosuth
1970
Paris: Galerie Daniel Templon
Unpaginated [30 pages]
27 × 21 cm
Edition of 40; numbered 18/40

Ludwig Wittgenstein’s philosophy permeates Joseph Kosuth’s conceptual practice. Rather than incorporating traditional imagery or physical objects, his work relies mainly on language, using historical, psychological, literary and philosophical texts to make the act of thinking itself the artwork. Initiated in 1965, his Investigations represented the physical embodiment of Kosuth’s broader philosophical and tautological proposition, Art as Idea as Idea (AAIAI).


 


Published in an edition of only 40 copies on the occasion of Kosuth’s eponymous exhibition at Galerie Daniel Templon in Paris, the booklet of the seventh Investigation consists of excerpts from unattributed French texts concerning the meeting of Charles de Gaulle and René Coty, the Second World War, the French Resistance, the annexation of Alsace and Lorraine, the Siege of Stalingrad, and other historical events. The booklet concludes with an alphanumeric schematic that appears to relate to the structure of the text within.


 


During the exhibition, copies of this mind-bending booklet were placed on four different study desks throughout the exhibition space, functioning as props for contemplation and reflection.


 


Through intricate strategies of textual appropriation, Kosuth shifts the narrative of anonymous historical writings, rendering the act and effort of deciphering them the central objective of both the artistic installation and the publication.

Paris: Galerie Daniel Templon
Unpaginated [30 pages]
27 × 21 cm
Edition of 40; numbered 18/40

Ludwig Wittgenstein’s philosophy permeates Joseph Kosuth’s conceptual practice. Rather than incorporating traditional imagery or physical objects, his work relies mainly on language, using historical, psychological, literary and philosophical texts to make the act of thinking itself the artwork. Initiated in 1965, his Investigations represented the physical embodiment of Kosuth’s broader philosophical and tautological proposition, Art as Idea as Idea (AAIAI).

 

Published in an edition of only 40 copies on the occasion of Kosuth’s eponymous exhibition at Galerie Daniel Templon in Paris, the booklet of the seventh Investigation consists of excerpts from unattributed French texts concerning the meeting of Charles de Gaulle and René Coty, the Second World War, the French Resistance, the annexation of Alsace and Lorraine, the Siege of Stalingrad, and other historical events. The booklet concludes with an alphanumeric schematic that appears to relate to the structure of the text within.

 

During the exhibition, copies of this mind-bending booklet were placed on four different study desks throughout the exhibition space, functioning as props for contemplation and reflection.

 

Through intricate strategies of textual appropriation, Kosuth shifts the narrative of anonymous historical writings, rendering the act and effort of deciphering them the central objective of both the artistic installation and the publication.

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Ludwig Wittgenstein’s philosophy permeates Joseph Kosuth’s conceptual practice. Rather than incorporating traditional imagery or physical objects, his work relies mainly on language, using historical, psychological, literary and philosophical texts to make the act of thinking itself the artwork. Initiated in 1965, his Investigations represented the physical embodiment of Kosuth’s broader philosophical and tautological proposition, Art as Idea as Idea (AAIAI).

 

Published in an edition of only 40 copies on the occasion of Kosuth’s eponymous exhibition at Galerie Daniel Templon in Paris, the booklet of the seventh Investigation consists of excerpts from unattributed French texts concerning the meeting of Charles de Gaulle and René Coty, the Second World War, the French Resistance, the annexation of Alsace and Lorraine, the Siege of Stalingrad, and other historical events. The booklet concludes with an alphanumeric schematic that appears to relate to the structure of the text within.

 

During the exhibition, copies of this mind-bending booklet were placed on four different study desks throughout the exhibition space, functioning as props for contemplation and reflection.

 

Through intricate strategies of textual appropriation, Kosuth shifts the narrative of anonymous historical writings, rendering the act and effort of deciphering them the central objective of both the artistic installation and the publication.

Paris: Galerie Daniel Templon
Unpaginated [30 pages]
27 × 21 cm
Edition of 40; numbered 18/40

Ludwig Wittgenstein’s philosophy permeates Joseph Kosuth’s conceptual practice. Rather than incorporating traditional imagery or physical objects, his work relies mainly on language, using historical, psychological, literary and philosophical texts to make the act of thinking itself the artwork. Initiated in 1965, his Investigations represented the physical embodiment of Kosuth’s broader philosophical and tautological proposition, Art as Idea as Idea (AAIAI).

 

Published in an edition of only 40 copies on the occasion of Kosuth’s eponymous exhibition at Galerie Daniel Templon in Paris, the booklet of the seventh Investigation consists of excerpts from unattributed French texts concerning the meeting of Charles de Gaulle and René Coty, the Second World War, the French Resistance, the annexation of Alsace and Lorraine, the Siege of Stalingrad, and other historical events. The booklet concludes with an alphanumeric schematic that appears to relate to the structure of the text within.

 

During the exhibition, copies of this mind-bending booklet were placed on four different study desks throughout the exhibition space, functioning as props for contemplation and reflection.

 

Through intricate strategies of textual appropriation, Kosuth shifts the narrative of anonymous historical writings, rendering the act and effort of deciphering them the central objective of both the artistic installation and the publication.

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Ludwig Wittgenstein’s philosophy permeates Joseph Kosuth’s conceptual practice. Rather than incorporating traditional imagery or physical objects, his work relies mainly on language, using historical, psychological, literary and philosophical texts to make the act of thinking itself the artwork. Initiated in 1965, his Investigations represented the physical embodiment of Kosuth’s broader philosophical and tautological proposition, Art as Idea as Idea (AAIAI).

 

Published in an edition of only 40 copies on the occasion of Kosuth’s eponymous exhibition at Galerie Daniel Templon in Paris, the booklet of the seventh Investigation consists of excerpts from unattributed French texts concerning the meeting of Charles de Gaulle and René Coty, the Second World War, the French Resistance, the annexation of Alsace and Lorraine, the Siege of Stalingrad, and other historical events. The booklet concludes with an alphanumeric schematic that appears to relate to the structure of the text within.

 

During the exhibition, copies of this mind-bending booklet were placed on four different study desks throughout the exhibition space, functioning as props for contemplation and reflection.

 

Through intricate strategies of textual appropriation, Kosuth shifts the narrative of anonymous historical writings, rendering the act and effort of deciphering them the central objective of both the artistic installation and the publication.

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