Artist, Curator, Collector: James McNeill Whistler, Bernard Berenson and Isabella Stewart Gardner-Three Locations in the Creative Process.

A Centennial Project by Joseph Kosuth
January 24 - April 6, 2003

Joseph Kosuth is one of the pioneers of the Conceptual art movement. His work explores the role of meaning in art and, like an archeologist of language and culture, he orders words and ideas from our historical memory into distinct yet intersecting layers of cultural activity-ones that are experienced today. In this exhibition he uses a variety of forms of presentation-text, photographs, neon signage, archival materials, objects from the Museum's collection-to create three site-specific installations.

In recent months Kosuth has participated in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Artist-in-Residence Program, that for the past decade has encouraged artists to further their artistic practice by exploring and responding to the Museum's extraordinary collection, archives and environment. This exhibition, 'Artist, Curator, Collector: James McNeill Whistler, Bernard Berenson and Isabella Stewart Gardner-Three Locations in the Creative Process', represents the outcome of his work and marks the beginning of the Museum's Centennial celebrations.