John Baldessari
1931–2020
Introduction
John Anthony Baldessari (June 17, 1931 – January 2, 2020) was an American conceptual artist known for his work featuring found photography and appropriated images. He lived and worked in Santa Monica and Venice, California.
Initially a painter, Baldessari began to incorporate texts and photography into his canvases in the mid-1960s. In 1970 he began working in printmaking, film, video, installation, sculpture and photography. He created thousands of works which demonstrate—and, in many cases, combine—the narrative potential of images and the associative power of language within the boundaries of the work of art. His art has been featured in more than 200 solo exhibitions in the U.S. and Europe. His work influenced that of Cindy Sherman, David Salle, Annette Lemieux, and Barbara Kruger among others.
Wikidata identifier
Q683378
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Introduction
Influential conceptual artist who is considered one of those that transformed Los Angeles into a contemporary art center through his work and decades of teaching there, at California Institute of the Arts from 1970 to 1988 and at the University of California, Los Angeles, from 1996 to 2005.
Country of birth
United States
Roles
Artist, conceptual artist, installation artist, painter, photographer, sculptor, teacher, video artist
ULAN identifier
500098854
Names
John Baldessari, John Anthony Baldessari
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40 works
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The First $100,000 I Ever Made
2012 -
Noses & Ears Etc.: Two Compositions/Couple (one with red nose)
2007 -
Some Narrow Views (either tall or wide)
2004 -
The First Room
1993 -
The Second Room
1993 -
The Third Room
1993 -
The Fourth Room
1993 -
The Fifth Room
1993 -
The Sixth Room
1993 -
Blue Boy (with Yellow Boy: One with Hawaiian Tie, One in Dark)
1989 -
Two Sets (One with Bench)
1989–1990 -
The Helmsmen (With Various Fires)
1989–1990 -
Falling Star
1989–1990 -
Two Languages (Begin)
1989 -
Two Sets (One with Bench)
1989–1990 -
Heaven and Hell
1988 -
Double Landscape
1988 -
Aligned Trumpeting
1988 -
TWO FIGURES (One with Shadow)
1986 -
KISS, HAIR, HANDS
1986 -
SEEDS
1986 -
TWO BOATS
1986 -
THREE COLORS (with Horse Ascending)
1986 -
CAVALRY
1986 -
BOAT (with Figure Standing)
1986 -
LARGE DOOR
1986 -
LEG, STRAW, DIVER
1986 -
DEER AND OCTOPUS
1986 -
Ashputtle
1982 -
Six Colorful Inside Jobs
1977
40 works