Art and Text

Reviewed by James PuckettArtist Joseph Kosuth’s 1965 work One and Three Chairs presented a static composition that represents an idea three ways. It was heady stuff, addressing what conceptual artists saw as a crisis of reconciling the realization of concepts with the concepts. One of the three material representations in One and Three Chairs was an enlarged photostat of the dictionary definition of the word chair, making text both a literal and metaphorical focus in a work of art. It was not the first time text had been used in art, but it was a key moment in the conceptual art movement of the time, followed by decades of conceptual artists using text to convey their ideas. Art and Text Edited by Aimee Selby at Black Dog Publishing Designed by Johanna Bennevier Black Dog Publishing Essays by Will Hill, Charles Harrison, and Dave Beech $45, Published by Black Dog Publishing, ISBN 978-1906155650Art and Text is about this conceptual art. It covers works that include some text, are made up of text, or are text. The subject of these works is often the intersection of art, philosophy, and linguistics. While a few older works are shown, the focus of the book is 1960–2008 with most of the work from the latter decades.Most of Art and Text is dedicated to images of the subject matter, but it does offer some writing. A foreword and three essays chart the development of language in conceptual art from Dada to the field today. These essays are interesting but can be uninviting. Each overuses the lingo of high art and little effort is made to explain the terminolog

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