The Thames and Hudson Dictionary of Art and Artists (World of Art) by Herbert Read

Author:Herbert Read
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-500-77063-4
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Published: 1994-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

Kossoff Leon (1926– ). British figurative painter. Taught by Bomberg and influenced by Expressionism, he developed a style of thickly applied paint and fluid forms; industrial London scenes and figures are most frequently his subjects. His black-and-white drawings are often on a large scale and are among the most accomplished contemporary figure drawings.

Kosuth Joseph (1945– ). Influential U.S. Conceptual artist whose 10 ‘Investigations’ in the 1970s reflected the impact of the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein’s linguistic and epistemological theories. The manifesto, Art After Philosophy (1969), advocated the dematerialization of the art object; it was first published as an introduction to an exhibition, ‘Conceptual Art and Conceptual Aspects’ and proclaimed that ‘Art is the definition of art’. K.’s ‘Investigations’ were exhibited in a variety of forms: wall panels with inscribed definitions of art terms, texts of linguistic philosophy and theory, art magazines and words in neon. In 1970 he was the U.S. ed. of Art-Language, the magazine published by Art & Language, and in 1975–6 co-founder of the art-political magazine, Fox. In 1988 he mounted a highly controversial Installation at the Brooklyn Museum, The Play of the Unmentionable, which reflected his opposition to censorship in the arts. In it works from the permanent collection of the museum, which at various times had been considered politically or sexually objectionable, were juxtaposed with statements about art and its role.

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