Contents // Introduction. Words and Things (Which are not Objects) ... 7 // 1. Chapter: The Function of Text in Spatial and Visual Art 10 // Text in the Expanded Field of Sculpture... 10 // Text in Ancient Art: a Guide for its Viewer. The Clarifying // Function of Text... 14 // Text in Modern Art: Tendency to Subjectivity, // Individualization and Existential Deepening ...21 // Sculpture (Monument) as Memory Text...24 // Monument as Art Criticism Duchamp: Monument of Banality // and Inscribed Signature...25 // Sculpture as Monument of Social Criticism ...30 // Sculpture (Monument) as Gender Criticism. Photomontage as Platform for Discussing the Character of Monument...40 // 2. Chapter: Text in Context of Performance...58 // Text and Live Sculpture. Performance as a Way of Gender Otherness Coming Out... 58 // Levels (Types) of Text Argument for Acceptance of Gender Minorities...59 // 3. Chapter: Text in Context of Installation // Catching the Dream in the Web (Visual and Verbal) of Text ... // 69 // Conclusion Zusammenfassung Summary Bibliography