One and Three Chairs, 1965, work by Joseph Kosuth

The historical context of the documentation of One and Three Chairs shows a photograph of a chair, writings from a dictionary explaining information of what a chair means and the original chair. These different visuals of the chair are captured within the final photograph. In relation to having my work contextualized with Kosuth work my feelings are that it’s interesting to see how the artists looked at chairs and how he has shown the chairs in different formats to audience. I can see how critics would relate the work, as both works are looking at documenting but Kosuth shows the chair as it was by using different formats. Where my work is about creating a new history and documenting this by bottling and labelling to preserve the moment. I have begun to realize that I am displaying my work to several audiences does matter as I am displaying my black & white photographs at St James hospital which my audience wont be from an art background. So it was important to make sure that the viewer can understand the piece better by writing 100 words explaining what the piece is about. The photos mirror the waiting area as the photos show people sitting, waiting, and thinking. I feel that the people in the hospital will be able to relate to the images in this way.