“Where one can stand, one can also sit. Not only children, but women too have their place on the doorstep—close to the earth, its traditions, and perhaps its deities. The chair in front of the door is already a sign of urban innovation. As for the unheard-of privilege of sitting at a café, that is enjoyed exclusively by men.”
— Walter Benjamin
During the 9th edition of Art to Art, the opera The Chair in Front of the Door Joseph Kosuth sees its permanent installation at the Bagolaro Garden in San Gimignano.
The chair in front of the door, opera created by Joseph Kosuth as part of the 4th edition of Art to Art, it becomes permanent. The work that in 1999 was placed in the Loggia del Podestà In San Gimignano, it will be definitively installed at the new Piazza del Bagolaro which will host the Day Centre for the Elderly.
Credits
Joseph Kosuth
La sedia davanti alla porta, 1999
Incisione su pietra serena / Inscription on stone
3500 × 50 cm
Permanent installation, Piazza del Bagolaro
