Two Oxford Reading Rooms (Special Edition) - Joseph Kosuth
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Two Oxford Reading Rooms (Special Edition)
Joseph Kosuth
The (Ethical) Space of Cabinets 7&8
and
Say: I do not know
An artists book based on projects at Oxford University.
This work was exhibited as a two-part installation, and now a permanent work, in the Voltaire Room of the Taylor Institution at Oxford University. Conceived for and exhibited at the Divinity School of the Bodleian Library, the texts used in the work play upon the relationship between the writings of Voltaire and John Locke, utilizing and recontextualizing material located in the respective libraries.
This book configures these works back to back. 'The (Ethical) Space of Cabinets 7 & 8' is printed vertically while 'Say: I Do Not Know' is printed horizontally.
London, Book Works, 1994.
Hardcover, slipcase, Stiff Wrappers, silver-leaf paper and transparencies, two colour, B&W illustrations throughout, 112 pag., 21.2 x 9.8 x cm.
This is not part of the signed and numbered editions published by Book Works.
Joseph Kosuth
The (Ethical) Space of Cabinets 7&8
and
Say: I do not know
An artists book based on projects at Oxford University.
This work was exhibited as a two-part installation, and now a permanent work, in the Voltaire Room of the Taylor Institution at Oxford University. Conceived for and exhibited at the Divinity School of the Bodleian Library, the texts used in the work play upon the relationship between the writings of Voltaire and John Locke, utilizing and recontextualizing material located in the respective libraries.
This book configures these works back to back. 'The (Ethical) Space of Cabinets 7 & 8' is printed vertically while 'Say: I Do Not Know' is printed horizontally.
London, Book Works, 1994.
Hardcover, slipcase, Stiff Wrappers, silver-leaf paper and transparencies, two colour, B&W illustrations throughout, 112 pag., 21.2 x 9.8 x cm.
This is not part of the signed and numbered editions published by Book Works.
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In 1969 installeerde Kosuth een Information Room met boeken die allemaal inhoudelijk met elkaar te maken hebben, aangevuld met kranten en tijdschriften. Daaruit volgden zijn Investigations, waarvoor hij gefotokopieerde bundels met teksten van linguïsten en filosofen ter beschikking stelde van het publiek. De tentoonstelling werd zo tot een ruimte van studie en contemplatie.
Two Oxford Reading Rooms bestaat eigenlijk uit twee kunstenaarsboeken The (Ethical) Space of Cabinets 7 & 8 en Say: I do notknow, waarv...
Two Oxford Reading Rooms bestaat eigenlijk uit twee kunstenaarsboeken The (Ethical) Space of Cabinets 7 & 8 en Say: I do notknow, waarv...
