Copied Authentic, 1993
From Wall Works
Text in black, white or gray paint, 44 x 275 cm (17¼ x 108¼ in), on a white, gray or black painted wall, to be executed using a stencil. Limited to 12 installations, with a signed and numbered certificate.
EUR 10,000
Joseph Kosuth, known for his conceptual engagement with language and meaning, takes up the formal rigor of philosophical and literary discourse in this edition. By precisely quoting a sentence by a 17th-century French writer and moralist, he merges text and art into a reflection on semantics, authorship, and the transmission of knowledge. The minimalist presentation reinforces the intellectual rigor and points to the central question in his oeuvre: the relationship between sign, reference, and interpretation.
