/internal/media/dispatcher/88070/fullExhibition Griechenbeisl1971[Josef Bauer]Josef BauerMixed mediaJosef Bauer’s work always revolves around the question of what art can be used to articulate and how. He is especially interested in the linguistic potential of objects, which his installations highlight. He transposes verbal signifiers into the spatial dimension and moreover involves them in physical interaction. “Tactile poetry”—poetry in the medium of touch—is the label the conceptual artist coins for his art. This multipart installation composed of letters and objects was first presented at Vienna’s Galerie im Griechenbeisl in 1968 and drew international attention. The inspiration Bauer took from semiotics is evident: he presents objects to our eyes as individual signifiers but leaves it up to us to draw significant connections between them.Object art© Nachlass Josef Bauerhttps://sammlungtest.belvedere.at/objects/28025/rdf