Untitled
1987
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1987
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
You see a plain sheet of paper with two lines of handwritten text in black felt-tip pen. The words read like a note: “O&A/F! D! (To 1.K. & 6F) #5.” This isn’t a drawing of a thing—it’s the idea of a thing. Kosuth often uses words instead of images to ask what art really is. The messy handwriting and personal shorthand make it feel like a quick thought, not a finished work. To see more art that plays with words and ideas, look up Joseph Kosuth.
