Guide to Contemporary Art: Special EditionCharta, 2003 - 134 sider A pioneer of the conceptual art movement, Joseph Kosuth's work explores the role of meaning in art and, like an archeologist of language and culture, he orders words and ideas from our historical memory into distinct yet intersecting layers of cultural activity--ones that are experienced today. In this exhibition at the Isabelle Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, he uses a variety of media--text, photographs, neon signage, archival materials, objects from the Museum's collection--to reflect on the history of this unique cultural institution. The exhibition is comprised of three site-specific installations set up as an open-ended dialogue between James McNeil Whistler, Bernard Berenson, and Gardner herself. On the museum's exterior wall, a neon installation titled "Whistler's Warning (c.c.c.c.c.)" presents a passage from the artist's controversial 1885 "Ten O'Clock Lecture." For his installation "Isabella's Subtext(s)," Kosuth replaces the light protective cloth coverings for the display cases in galleries throughout the Museum with ones of his own, each of which is embroidered with a phrase drawn from one of the documents inside the case. Finally, the installation, "Guests & Foreigners: Three Faces of a Correspondence," occupies the special exhibition gallery. |
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18th century acquired American Anders Zorn artist Bernard Berenson Boston bronze CABINET candlesticks carved Chinese Cloister Conceptual art CORNER COURT WINDOW cultural Denman Ross depicting Doll & Richards DOOR DOORWAY Dutch Room early 19th EAST WALL Émile Peyre collection English exhibition Fenway Court Fernand Robert FIREPLACE Flemish Floor Stair Hall Florence Florentine French front German gift gilt Giovanni Gothic Room Graeco-Roman Guests and Foreigners installation Isabella Gardner Isabella Stewart Gardner Isabella's Subtext(s Italian James McNeill Whistler Japanese John Singer Sargent Joseph Kosuth Joseph Lindon Smith late 18th Lindon London Long Gallery Macknight Room Madonna and Child marble North Italian painted panels Paris pastel on paper Paul Manship portrait probably purchased from Colnaghi purchased from Doll Ralph Curtis Raphael Room Richard Norton Roman Rome Saint SECOND FLOOR Short Gallery silver SOUTH WALL studio style terra-cotta TOP TO BOTTOM unknown painter Venetian Venice walnut watercolor on paper WEST WALL wood York