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.
Joseph Kosuth (1945 –)
Joseph Kosuth (1945-) er en pioner indenfor konceptkunst, der udforsker sprogets rolle i kunst og betydning. Hans arbejde har haft stor indflydelse på postmodernismen.
Om dette kunstværk
- Titel: Text-Context
- Kunstner: Joseph Kosuth
- År: 1979
- Ophavsretlig status: Ophavsretligt beskyttet

