{"id":5326,"title":"Purloined - A Novel","dimensions":"22.1 x 14.2 cm, 120 p, language: English, publisher: Cologne: Salon Verlag, ISBN: 3897700158","date_begin":"2000-01-01","material":"ink, paper","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":26,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"artist novel","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"B 2024/444","stream_count_app":24,"permalink":"purloined-a-novel","description_ca":null,"short_description_ca":null,"description_it":null,"short_description_it":null,"cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":null,"hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"category":{"en":"Book","nl":"Boek","fr":"Livre"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/010/652/large/Artistnovel_021.jpg?1342080524","poster_credits":"(c)image: M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiterary synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA mystery novel constructed from a collection of individual pages from other novels. Each page has been reproduced maintaining the original fonts and type sizes. Characters and storylines from various literary sources interact between the covers of the artists\u0026#39; book. A project initiated by Kosuth in 1996 and completed in 2000. Printed in a numbered edition of 750 copies.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelation of the novel to the artist\u0026rsquo;s practice\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the pioneers of conceptual art, from the 1960s Kosuth focused his research on verbal language, of which he investigates the possible meaning, significance and images through installations that he develops borrowing other people\u0026rsquo;s thoughts and words. A working method that is also used in \u003cem\u003ePurloined: A Novel\u003c/em\u003e, which is rich of narrative clich\u0026eacute;s that are typical of detective novels.\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiteraire synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeze mystery-roman is opgebouwd uit een verzameling losse bladzijden uit andere romans. Elke bladzijde is gereproduceerd met de oorspronkelijke lettertypes en lettergroottes. Personages en verhaallijnen uit verschillende literaire bronnen gaan in interactie met elkaar. Het project werd begonnen in 1996 door Kosuth en be\u0026euml;indigd in 2000. Gedrukt in een beperkte oplage van 750 exemplaren.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVerhouding van de roman tot de praktijk van de kunstenaar\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKosuth is een van de pionieren van de conceptuele kunst. Sinds de jaren 1960 doet hij onderzoek naar verbale taal: hij onderzoekt de mogelijke betekenis, zin en beelden aan de hand van installaties waarvoor hij gedachten en woorden van anderen leent. Die methode gebruikte hij ook in \u003cem\u003ePurloined: A Novel\u003c/em\u003e, met zijn narratieve clich\u0026eacute;s die recht uit detectiveromans komen.\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[{"id":514,"name":"Joseph Kosuth","category":{"en":"Author","nl":"Auteur","fr":"Auteur"}}]}