Joseph Kosuth Titled (A.A.I.A.I.)

opera: 120cm x 120cm x 2cm

Stampa photostat su foglio di plastica, montato su alluminio. Il testo stampato è un estratto tratto da un dizionario inglese-latino riferito alla parola "meaning". In alto, entro rettangolo giallo, un passaggio tratto da "The Order of Things: An Archaeology of the Human Sciences" ("Le parole e le cose") di Michel Foucault: "To search for a meaning is to bring to light a resemblance. To search for the law governing signs is to discover / the things that are alike. The grammar of beings is an exegesis of these things. And what the language they speak / has to tell us is quite simply what the syntax is that binds them together. The nature of things, their coexistence, / the way in which they are linked together and communicate is nothing other than their resemblance. And that / resemblance is visible only in the network of signs that crosses the world from one end to the other. M.F.". In basso, entro rettangolo viola, un passaggio tratto da "Rhetoric and Philosophy in Conflict: An Historical Survey" di Samuel IJsseling: "Each word is naturally an answer: an answer to a word which is older / and more original than the word itself. This word is the word of another. / Each word essentially demands an answer: a response in the sense of / approval or disapproval. This word is also the word of another. A.I.". In basso, a sinistra, i dati documentari riferiti all'opera: 'Titled (A.A.I.A.I.)', The Menil Collection, Houston, USA, 1967.

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