Joseph KosuthAmerican, 1945Five Words in Green Neon
Can I see it?
Not on view at present
Where is “Five Words in Green Neon” now? Collection: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Not on view at present. Checked September 25, 2026.
New York, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- 93.42a-b
In the catalog
Sources
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Image: Whitney Museum of American Art — © the artist or rights holder
In the life of Joseph Kosuth
The whole life1963
Cleveland Institute of Art
In 1963 he enrolls at the Cleveland Institute of Art on a scholarship.
1964
A year in Paris and travels through Europe
He spends the following year in Paris and travels throughout Europe and North Africa.
1965
Move to New York
In 1965 he moves to New York and enters the School of Visual Arts, where he studies until 1967.
1967
From student to teacher
Silas Rhodes, the founder and president of the School of Visual Arts, moves Kosuth from the student body onto the faculty; the appointment nearly causes a revolt among instructors, many of whom were irritated by his questioning of basic assumptions. He teaches at the school until 1985.
1967
Founds the Museum of Normal Art
With Christine Kozlov, while both are still students at the School of Visual Arts, he founds the Museum of Normal Art in New York, which gives the first exposure to artists such as Robert Ryman, On Kawara and Hanne Darboven.
1967
The show “Fifteen People Present Their Favorite Book”
At the Lannis Gallery in New York, Kosuth assembles the show “Fifteen People Present Their Favorite Book,” with Robert Morris, Ad Reinhardt, Sol LeWitt, Robert Mangold, Dan Graham, Robert Smithson, Carl Andre, Robert Ryman and other artists.
