For this exhibition Kosuth presented a new body of work titled ‘(Waiting for -) Texts for Nothing’ Samuel Beckett, in play’. Based on a play on Samuel Beckett writings, with particular focus on Waiting for Godot and Texts for Nothing, the installation ran the perimeter of ACCA’s main gallery space and was fabricated in warm white neon installed in a matte black space.
The exhibition also included three historic installation works. Beginning with the artist’s first gallery exhibition held in Los Angeles in 1969 and titled Nothing, showing his seminal dictionary definition works, as well as Zero & Not, an installation from Kosuth’s 1980’s series of installation works comprised of wall papered rooms based on the writing of Sigmund Freud, and a neon installation work based on James Joyce’s Ulysses, from 1998, exhibited on the ceiling of the Royal Hiberian Academy in Dublin in occasion of James Joyce Bloomsday Anniversary exhibition in 2004.
Commissioning Curator: Juliana Engberg
Coordinating Curator: Charlotte Day
Publication
Joseph Kosuth: ‘(Waiting for-) Text for Nothing’ Samuel Beckett, in play
In the Press
14 December, The Age, Nothing really matters
12 January, The Age, Waiting for meaning in wonder
ACCA Press Release
Other Material
Patron call out
Education Kit
