Notations for Thinking. A selection is the first solo show in the region of Tessin, Switzerland by Joseph Kosuth.
A pioneer of Conceptual art and installation art, Kosuth (b. 1945, USA) has been initiating language based works and appropriation strategies since the 1960s. For Notations for Thinking, Kosuth has devised a neon installation work referring to the writings of the German writer Herman Hesse who was based in the region for over forty years. The work spans fourteen meters and wrap around the walls of the main gallery space.
Joseph Kosuth, Notations for Thinking, exhibition view
Featuring a new installation work alongside a selection of more recent works, the exhibition reflects the artist’s investigation into the role of language and meaning in art, a recurrent interest which Kosuth has consistently explored over the course of a career spanning more than fifty years. In addition, Notations for Thinking demonstrates Kosuth’s longstanding enquiry into the perception, the use of neon as a medium, as well as the appropriated use of literature, philosophy and psychology.
Joseph Kosuth, ‘A Perfect Elegy’ / ‘Eine vollkommene Elegie’ / ‘Una compiuta elegia’, 2017, warm white neon mounted directed on the wall, dimensions variable 
Joseph Kosuth ‘The Paradox of Content #3’ [Yellow] Yellow neon 181 x 184 cm 
Joseph Kosuth ‘Mondrian’s work XIV’, 2015 Silkscreen on glass, white neon mounted directly on the wall 200 x 123.7 cm 
Joseph Kosuth ‘A Conditioning of Consciousness’, 1988 Neon mounted directly on the wall framed black and white photograph 
Joseph Kosuth, ‘A Perfect Elegy’ / ‘Eine vollkommene Elegie’ / ‘Una compiuta elegia’, 2017, warm white neon mounted directed on the wall, dimensions variable
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