Representative work by John Baldessari
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John Baldessari

1931–2020 · American · Based in Los Angeles, California, USA

  • MA, San Diego State College (1957)
  • Otis Art Institute & Chouinard Art Institute
  • Conceptual Art
  • Dot-Face Photo Collages
  • Text Paintings
  • Video

John Baldessari combined found photographs, text, painting and deadpan humor to dismantle conventions of image-making and art education. In 1970 he famously cremated much of his earlier painting in the Cremation Project.

Photography; text; painting; video; conceptual practice

Gallery Representation

Objects

Artist Films

Major Works

  • I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art
  • Cremation Project
  • Wrong
  • Tips for Artists Who Want to Sell
  • Throwing Three Balls in the Air to Get a Straight Line
  • Choosing (A Game for Two Players)
  • Commissioned Paintings
  • Stonehenge with Two Persons
  • Blasted Allegories
  • Kiss/Panic

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