John anthony baldessari june 17, 1931 january 2, 2020 was an american conceptual artist known for his work featuring found photography and appropriated images. Throughout his career, john baldessari has defied formalist categories by working in a variety of mediacreating films, videotapes, prints, photographs, texts, drawings, and multiple combinations of these. He lived and worked in santa monica and venice, california. For john baldessari, conceptual art means serious mischief artist john baldessari is an iconic figure in some modern art circles. Throwing three balls in the air to get a straight line john baldessari 1973 the fallen easel john baldessari 1988 money, with space between john baldessari 1994. The making of john baldessaris cremation project yale. Jul 21, 2016 see more on artstack see more ideas about john baldessari, conceptual art and online art. Some of his signature works are conceptual juxtapositions of text and images that demonstrate the enormous associative power of language in the way that art is interacted with and understood. Known as the godfather of conceptual art, john baldessari has shaped contemporary art as we know it. Initially a painter, baldessari began to incorporate texts and photography into his. It is hard to characterize john baldessaris varied practicewhich includes photomontage, artists books, prints, paintings, film, performance, and installationexcept through his approach of goodhumored irreverence.
Baldessaris projects include artist books, videos, films, billboards and public works. John baldessari is one of the most influential american artists living and working today. John baldessari american conceptual artist, born in 1931 guide to pictures of works by john baldessari in art museum sites and image archives worldwide. These days, john baldessari cribs from the masters the. An exhibition conceived and installed by american artist john baldessari is the fourth in the museum of modern arts series of artists choice exhibitions. John baldessari was born in national city, california, in 1931. A painting by pat nelson john baldessari 1969 the cremation project john baldessari 1970 throwing three balls in the air to get a straight line john baldessari 1973. John baldessari one and three persons with two contextone chaotic, 19942012 jba911266 14 color screenprint 48 x 37 121. These days, john baldessari cribs from the masters. Available for sale from alpha 7 gallery, john baldessari, three red paintings hand signed card ca. His work is notable for its early grasp of the role that photographs both found and made, still and moving opened art to a wider audience and the. He began as a painter and then began to bring texts and photography into his work. Collection of institute of contemporary art, miami.
Synthesizing photomontage, painting, and language, baldessaris deadpan visual. John baldessaris practice explores ideas around communication. John baldessari on philip gustons stationary figure i think its brilliant. During the 1960s he used this act of image borrowing and text appropriation to rethink the very idea of what art could be. In his activities both as an art teacher and as an internationally renowned artist, wrote eleanor heartney in art in america in 2005, john baldessari has long been recognized as one of the progenitors of postmodern art. The great conceptual artist finds the animal icons so stupid and fascinating, he has.
Names of different hues run along the bottom edges of the paintings. Tips for artists who want to sell john baldessari the. There is a certain kind of work one could do that didnt require a studio, baldessari said, its work that is done in ones head. It is hard to characterize john baldessaris varied practicewhich includes photomontage, artists books, prints, paintings, film, performance, and installationexcept through his. John baldessari three red paintings hand signed card. Paintings 196668 is comprised of loans from the glenstone museum and private collections across the country. John baldessari artists profile the saatchi gallery. John baldessari artist bio and art for sale artspace. Baldessari was born in national city, just south of san diego, california in 1931. In his use of media imagery, baldessari is a pioneer image appropriator, and as such has had a profound impact on postmodern art. Warm brownie american cheese carrot stick black bean soup perky peach leek, 2006. John baldessari american, born 1931 two bags and envelope holder, 2011 medium. Prolific as he is respected, baldessari has taken part in. In the late 1960s john baldessari was part of a group of west coast american conceptual artists whose work was characterised by a deadpan wit.
John baldessari museo darte moderna contemporanea di trento e rovereto, trento, italy, december 15, 2000 march 11, 2001. See more ideas about john baldessari, conceptual art and artist. His twodimensional works often incorporate found images, composed in layers or presented as distinct pieces with an element of surprise, like a brightly colored geometric shape in the place of a face or a starkly printed sardonic caption. Excerpt from, john baldessari, cremation piece, 1969 in donald kuspit, semiotic antisubject, artnet, originally from three getty lectures delivered at the school of fine arts at the university of southern california, april 4, 6 and 10, 2000. John baldessari has spent his career coaxing beauty and complexity from our prosaic visual culture. It is hard to characterize john baldessari s varied practicewhich includes photomontage, artist s books, prints, paintings, film, performance, and installationexcept through his approach of goodhumored irreverence. Baldessari is commonly associated with conceptual or minimalist art, though he has called this characterization a.
A fullyillustrated catalogue will be published and will include a new essay by john c. John anthony baldessari born june 17, 1931 is an american conceptual artist known for his work featuring found photography and appropriated images. From alpha 7 gallery auction, john baldessari, three red paintings signed card ca. This past june, i met up with john, now age 82, in new york just before the opening at the marian goodman gallery of three large installation works. Initially a painter, baldessari began to incorporate texts and photography into his canvases in the mid1960s. For john baldessari, conceptual art means serious mischief. Christo and jeanneclaude, chuck close, john coplans, tacita dean, thomas demand, rineke dijkstra, lucy dodd.
Combining appropriated text with preexisting images from popular culture, john baldessari s work questions the semantics of the art world and the role of the artist. Buy and sell signed multiples and original paintings at fair prices on llery. John baldessari has changed the way we understand art, image and text for nearly five decades. John baldessari, tips for artists who want to sell, 196668, acrylic on canvas, the broad art foundation.
Warhols shadow hangs heavy over the international art world, but not in l. Check out our previous post for a great video on the evolution of baldessaris career patrick pardo and robert dean. Welchman, author and professor of modern and contemporary art history and critical theory at the university of california, san diego. I just wondered what theyd look like large matt stromberg. John baldessari three red paintings signed card ca. He attended san diego state college, receiving his master of arts in painting. His use of language and image intersect a point between philosophy, contradiction and paradox. John baldessari daily art fair is the international modern and contemporary art galleries for current, past and futur galleries exhibitions all around the world. He received a ba 1953 and ma 1957 from san diego state college, continuing his studies at otis art institute 195759 and chouinard art institute. In the mid1960s baldessari began to reconsider not just painting but the practice of artmaking itself. Three red paintings institute of contemporary art, miami.
The overlap series mai 36 galerie, zurich, switzerland, june 2 july 14, 2001. On his paintings appear texts written by a signwriter including a quotation from critic clement greenberg saying art is. He lives and works in santa monica and venice, california. Only john baldessari would mark his transition from abstract painting to text art and photography in 1968 by a cremation ceremony not for a human body but for a year body of work. Paintings from 1967 and 1996, galerie philomene magers. Find the latest shows, biography, and artworks for sale by john baldessari. He has also worked in printmaking, installation, sculpture, film, video and photography. Employing a wide variety of mediums, most prominently photography, his conceptual artworks are often characterized by their relation to the written word. John baldessari was born in 1931, and grew up in national city, california, on the border of the united states and mexico. Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. In 1970 he began working in printmaking, film, video, installation. John baldessari prints and multiples 45 for sale at 1stdibs. The attempts at snapping a bouncing ball in the center of the photograph, the choices of which fruits or beans or random snapshots are preferable to one person or another, the collections of clouds, the smokey attempts to mimic them, the tiny corners excerpted from paintings on large white fields, each with their own scattered body parts. John baldessari, looking east on 4th and c, chula vista.
Like duchamp, baldessari is an expert in the art of faking art, including pure art, for, like rodochenkos three last paintings, baldessaris three red paintings fake painting, argue that its all over by reducing painting to a boring monochromatic minimum. Its hard to overstate the impact that john baldessari has had on the art of his time, in part because he has been something of an index case for a particular breed of conceptual art that has spread to all corners of the art world. The artist project is an online series in which artists respond to works. See available prints and multiples, photographs, and paintings for sale and learn about the artist.
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