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Oct 21, 2009 · John Baldessari: Pure Beauty. 'I think what drives me is some elusive quality of trying to get something right –whatever that means'. 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: Pure Beauty. John Baldessari is one of the most influential American artists working today. This long overdue retrospective will feature more than 150 works spanning the artist's career from 1962 to the present day, and include works on canvas, photography, videos and artist's books. Baldessari's text and image paintings from ...
Jul 25, 2023 · "John Boldessari: Pure Beauty, the most comprehensive volume to date on this legendary California artist, features more than 240 illustrations. Eleven insightfuL essays, by critics, curators, art historians, and an artist and former student, illuminate many aspects of Baldessari's oeuvre and provide a context for the artist's extraordinary ...
John Baldessari: Pure Beauty. Exhibition Overview. This is the first major U.S. exhibition in twenty years to survey the work of the legendary American artist John Baldessari, widely renowned as a pioneer of conceptual art.
Nov 25, 2009 · John Baldessari: Pure Beauty. Hardcover – November 25, 2009. by Jessica Morgan (Author), Leslie Jones (Author) 4.2 13 ratings. See all formats and editions. Book Description. Editorial Reviews. A major figure in contemporary art, John Baldessari is widely considered one of the most influential artists to emerge since the mid-1960s.
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Beginning with a film still of a rooftop shoot-out, Baldessari covered the central point of action—the one at which the two gangsters' gazes meet—with a white square, one reminiscent of the monochrome abstractions made by the Russian modernist Kazimir Malevich (1878–1935).
John Baldessari. Pure Beauty. With more than 240 illustrations and eleven insightful essays, this is the most comprehensive volume to date on this legendary artist from California. From the early text-and-image paintings to the more recent photocollages and installations, John Baldessari has continued to make art that addresses the social ...
