# Joseph Kosuth (1991) *Art After Philosophy*. : MIT Press. > [!INFO] > Type:: [[]] > Title:: Art After Philosophy > Author(s): [[Joseph Kosuth]] > Year:: 1991 > Tags:: > DOI:: > Citekey:: kosuth_art_1991-1 > ZoteroURI:: [Open in Zotero: Art After Philosophy](zotero://select/items/@kosuth_art_1991-1) > ReviewedDate:: [[2024-02-12]] ## Citation ```latex [@kosuth_art_1991-1] ``` ## Summary ## Annotation Formalist critics and artists alike do not question the nature of art, but as I have said elsewhere: "Being an artist now means to question the nature of art. If one is questioning the nature of painting, one cannot be questioning the nature of art. If an artist accepts painting (or sculpture) he is accepting the tradition that goes with it. That’s because the word art is general and the painting is specific. Painting is a *kind* of art. If you make paintings you are already accepting (not questioning) the nature of art. One is then accepting the nature of art to be the European tradition of painting-sculpture dichotomy," (18) ### Related ```dataview LIST FROM [[@kosuth_art_1991-1]] and -"Plans" and -"resources" ```