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Text-Context

The two figures in this painting are Ellen Andree, a noted French Actress, and Marcellin Desboutin, an artist and noted bohemian personality, sitting at the Café de la Nouvelle-Athenes, in Paris, France. In front of the woman sits a glass of the greenish colored liquid, Absinthe. It was first exhibited in 1872, where it was criticized as ugly and disgusting, and a later exhibition in 1892 it was removed from the show. It was shown a year later inn England, where it sparked controversy. The woman in the painting was derided as a whore and the entire image was seen as a blow to morality and the degradation of society due to absinthe.

Questions & Answers

What color harmony does "Text-Context" by Joseph Kosuth display?

The colors of "Text-Context" by Joseph Kosuth show a unified palette harmony. Harmony describes how the colors relate to each other.

Can I see "Text-Context" by Joseph Kosuth under different lights?

"Text-Context" can be examined layer by layer on the artwork's X-Ray page, a viewer inspired by a conservator's light bench with eleven optical readings of the image.

How does the style of "Text-Context" relate to its creator's era?

"Text-Context" by Joseph Kosuth is placed in the Conceptual Art movement, within the Modern era of its creator.

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Joseph Kosuth (1945 –)

Joseph Kosuth (b. 1945) is a pioneering conceptual artist known for language-based art, installation & exploring meaning in art. Key figure of post-modernism, influenced by Duchamp & Wittgenstein.

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