Joseph Kosuth was born in Toledo, Ohio, in 1945. Kosuth is one of the pioneers of Conceptual art and installation art, initiating language based works and appropriation strategies in the 1960s.
Since the mid—19605, Kosuth’s work has focused on the connections between words and things, between language and representation. His work has consistently explored the production and
role of language and meaning within art. In Beauty Is Diamond at Laleh June Galerie Basel is included Kosuth's Here is an example, 1987, red neon. The artist lives in New York.