John Baldessari
American artist John Baldessari has been regarded since the 1960s as one of the foremost and most versatile of conceptual artists, exploring such diverse media as painting, drawing, photography and video. As a professor at the California Institute of the Arts, he has influenced generations of artists and is revered as the father of the Picture Generation – a group of well-known artists such as David Salle, James Welling, Matt Mullican, Troy Brauntuch, and many others.
In his oeuvre, Baldessari often questions the relationship between text and image by juxtaposing the medium of the written word alongside that of the visual image. In doing so, he contrasts two different means of communication and explores the complex relationship between two fundamental forms of human expression. Combining text and image within a work formulates new statements and, with that, opens up a whole new range of connotations, associations and innovative approaches that inspire different ways of thinking.
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Prima Facie (Second State)
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archival digital print on canvas with UV varnish coating, acrylic on canvas
47.24 x 75.59 in (120 x 192 cm) -
digital photographic print on foam PVC board and acrylic on canvas, in artist's frame
67.32 x 107.87 in (171 x 274 cm)
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Raised Eyebrows / Furrowed Foreheads
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acrylic paint, three dimensional archival print, laminated with lexan and mounted on sintra
83.86 x 42.52 in (213 x 108 cm) -
acrylic paint, three dimensional archival print, laminated with lexan and mounted on sintra
83.86 x 38.58 in (213 x 98 cm)
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Double Vision
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varnished archival print on canvas with oil paint
74.41 x 53.94 in (189 x 137 cm) -
varnished archival print on canvas with oil paint
74.41 x 53.94 in (189 x 137 cm)
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Morsels And Snippets
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varnished inkjet print on canvas with acrylic and oil paint
72.05 x 83.86 in (183 x 213 cm) -
varnished inkjet print on canvas, acrylic and oil paint
71.65 x 82.28 in (182 x 209 cm)
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2015 Work Series
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varnished inkjet print on canvas with acrylic paint
76.77 x 53.94 in (195 x 137 cm) -
varnished inkjet print on canvas with acrylic paint
53.94 x 53.54 in (137 x 136 cm) -
varnished inkjet print on canvas with acrylic paint
59.45 x 53.94 in (151 x 137 cm)
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Video Works
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b&w video, sound
31:17 min
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Editions
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5 color screenprint on archival inkjet print
29.92 x 17.72 in (76 x 45 cm) -
archival inkjet print on paper sizes variable from 26 x 10 7/8 in. to 26 x 25 1/4 in.
54.72 x 107.09 in (139 x 272 cm) -
multi-color screenprint
31.1 x 35.43 in (79 x 90 cm) -
multi-color screenprint
46.46 x 35.04 in (118 x 89 cm) -
Photogravure with color aquatint on Sommerset-Satin paper (410 g)
62.6 x 20.87 in (159 x 53 cm) -
photogravure with color aquatint on Sommerset-Satin paper
47.64 x 29.92 in (121 x 76 cm)
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Windmill Series
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varnished inkjet print on canvas with acrylic paint
68.9 x 53.94 in (175 x 137 cm) -
varnished inkjet print on canvas with acrylic paint
69.69 x 53.94 in (177 x 137 cm) -
varnished inkjet print on canvas with acrylic paint
66.14 x 53.94 in (168 x 137 cm) -
varnished inkjet print on canvas with acrylic paint
85.04 x 53.94 in (216 x 137 cm) -
varnished inkjet print on canvas with acrylic paint
64.17 x 53.94 in (163 x 137 cm)
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Hot & Cold Series
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2-parts, inkjet prints, acrylic paint on canvas Volcano
55.51 x 89.76 in (141 x 228 cm)
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