Lia Rumma Gallery presents The-exchange-value-of-language-has-fallen-to-zero, an exhibition by Joseph Kosuth at Casa dei Tre Oci, opening 28 March 2026.

Kosuth, renowned for exploring language as both subject and content, debuts a new large-scale neon commission, A Chain of Resemblance (2026), based on a text by Michel Foucault, highlighting how meaning is shaped by text and context.

The first-floor gallery showcases Kosuth’s early works from the 1960s, including One and Three Mirrors (1965), where image, object, and text interact, reflecting the viewer and exploring Ludwig Wittgenstein’s idea that meaning is use. Three adjacent rooms feature works questioning authorship and audience, including The Fifth Investigation (1969), Text/Context(1978–79), and Where Are You Standing? (1976), with The Seventh Investigation (1970) re-created for a public installation.

Kosuth has deep ties to Venice, participating in eight Biennales, representing the Hungarian Pavilion (1993), and creating permanent and commissioned works, including The Material of Ornament (Querini Stampalia, 1997) and To Invent Relations (For Carlo Scarpa) (2016, Università Ca’ Foscari).