Conceptual Art

1.Are there really three chairs in this art installation? If not, how many are there? 2. Do you think one of the chairs is more real than the others? Which one and why? Or do you think they all equally real? 3. Why do you think the artist included three different types of “chairs” in this installation?
Joseph Kosuth, One and Three Chairs, 1965, Museum of Modern Art, New York

Wall Text from “One and Three Chairs“:One and Three Chairs Text

  1. Are there really three chairs in this art installation? If not, how many are there?
  2. Do you think one of the chairs is more real than the others? Which one and why? Or do you think they all equally real?
  3. Why do you think the artist included three different types of “chairs” in this installation?
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