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276. (On Color Blue)
Joseph Kosuth
Contemporary Art
Conceptual artist Joseph Kosuth reproduces a quotation from Austrian-born Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations, published in 1953. That volume, composed of 693 numbered paragraphs, examines the topic of language and its ability to create meaning. Wittgenstein’s text questions our perception of blueness; Kosuth responds in a sense by representing that text in glowing blue neon, as part of his own ongoing investigation into the elusive relationship between words, things, and their visual representation.
MEDIUM
Neon tubing, transformer, and electrical wires
DATES
1990
DIMENSIONS
30 x 162 in. (76.2 x 411.48 cm) (show scale)
SIGNATURE
Unsigned
COLLECTIONS
Contemporary Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
1992.215
CREDIT LINE
Mary Smith Dorward Fund
EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
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CAPTION
Joseph Kosuth (American, born 1945). 276. (On Color Blue), 1990. Neon tubing, transformer, and electrical wires, 30 x 162 in. (76.2 x 411.48 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Mary Smith Dorward Fund, 1992.215. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1992.215_SL1.jpg)
IMAGE
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