Joseph Kosuth 22427 — Two Oxford Reading Rooms

Book Works, 1994, 1e druk, Paperback, First edition. Joseph Kosuth made two installations in Oxford as part of 'The Reading Room' Project, for the particular contexts of the Taylor Institution and of the Divinity School of the Bodleian Library. This book configures these works back to back; 'The (Ethical) Space of Cabinets 7 & 8' is printed vertically while 'Say: I Do Not Know' is printed horizontally. Both works put in apposition texts by Voltaire and John Locke. The ideas explored in the original installations are expounded in the book through the manipulation of the book format, utilising die-cut windows, tracing paper pages and two-colour printing.\"Two Oxford Reading Rooms\" is printed offset in a regular edition of 1000 copies with two colour printing, 112 pages and soft cover. Designed by Joseph Kosuth in collaboration with Grita van der Bend (Rose-Innes Associates). 250 copies were bound, numbered and signed by the artist. // artists' books / artist's books / avant garde / avantgarde / bookdesign /, Goed