videos + essays
Joseph Kosuth, One and Three Chairs
Kosuth wrote that “being an artist now means to question the nature of art.” Take a seat to find out how he did it.
Nam June Paik, Electronic Superhighway: Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii
The “father of video art” argued that electronic communication, not transportation, unites the modern world.
Ed Kienholz and Nancy Reddin Kienholz, Useful Art #5: The Western Motel
This collaboratively created work brings the darkly psychological space of Americana into the gallery.