The Criterion Of The Real, 2009
From Forty Are Better Than One
Double sided 10-part leporello, embossing/debossing on Gmund Colors 21 paper, 32 x 250 cm (12½ x 98½ in). Edition: 75, signed and numbered on label on archival sleeve.
EUR 1,000
For this edition, Joseph Kosuth chose a quote by French philosopher, mystic and political activist Simone Weil, which states that contradiction is not a flaw in our understanding of reality, but a sign we are engaging with something truly real and necessary. The full, embossed quote reads:
THE CONTRADICTIONS THE MIND COMES UP AGAINST – THESE ARE THE ONLY REALITIES: THEY ARE THE CRITERION OF THE REAL
THERE IS NO CONTRADICTION IN WHAT IS IMAGINARY. CONTRADICTION IS THE TEST OF NECESSITY. SIMONE WEIL
