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John Baldessari Wall Decorations

American, 1931-2020

Although Conceptual artist John Baldessari is best known for the richly provocative juxtapositions of photographic images and text that characterize his prints and paintings, he actually had something of a traditional art world upbringing — if such a thing exists.

Born in Southern California, Baldessari earned several art degrees, from art education to art history to painting. He also taught art at various institutions such as the California Institute of the Arts throughout his life. Among his many students were David Salle, Tony Oursler, Jim Shaw and Mike Kelley. While helping to shape the art world in Los Angeles, he simultaneously developed his own name as an artist.

In the 1950s, Baldessari’s works were primarily semiabstract paintings, but during the late 1960s, he began to distance himself from painting, as he bristled at the idea of limiting art to a single medium. Baldessari decided to take his career in a dramatically different direction. He burned all his paintings at a funeral home in San Diego, then incorporated the ashes into cookie dough, producing (nonedible) baked goods for an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

“It was a very public and symbolic act,” he said, “like announcing you’re going on a diet in order to stick to it.”

From that point on, Baldessari took on an MO of experimentation, dabbling in mediums from video to printmaking to sculpture. “I just stare at something and say: Why isn’t that art? Why couldn’t that be art?” he said in an interview in 2008.

The works for which Baldessari is most highly regarded, however, are striking collages of images and text — many of which are seemingly nonsensical — such as Tom’s Hand Grips the Steering, Wheel… (2015), in which the title’s text is displayed beneath a hippopotamus. As such is his body of work: bringing a sense of joviality to the sometimes too-serious world of Conceptual art.

Before he died in 2020, Baldessari was honored with the 2014 National Medal of Arts Award, the Americans for the Arts Lifetime Achievement Award, the Venice Biennale’s Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement and more.

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Creator: John Baldessari
Maharam Serpentine Galleries Wallpaper by John Baldessari
By Maharam, John Baldessari
Located in New York, NY
Maharam serpentine galleries wallpaper Ear/Pretzel by John Baldessari 001 John Baldessari is a conceptual artist based in Santa Monica who uses tex...
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Maharam Serpentine Galleries Wallpaper by John Baldessari
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Located in New York, NY
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Artwork on Paper, 'Heart (with Pearls)' by John Baldessari
By John Baldessari
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Romantic and whimsical "Heart (with Pearls)" by John Baldessari, 1991. Photograuve and aquatint in colors on Somerset 410 Satin. The image measures 36 - 3/8"H x 39 - 6/8"W, and sheet...
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1990s American Modern John Baldessari Wall Decorations

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Maharam Serpentine Galleries Wallpaper by John Baldessari
By Maharam, John Baldessari
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Maharam Serpentine Galleries Wallpaper by John Baldessari
By Maharam, John Baldessari
Located in New York, NY
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John Baldessari: in collaboration with among others Kaws, Ed Ruscha and Ai Weiei
By John Baldessari
Located in Stamford, CT
VISIONAIRE/64 ART: JOHN BALDESSARI This project by Visionaire in collaboration with John Baldessari exploits the current ease of digital assemblage and self-portraiture. Visionaire paired legendary conceptual artist John Baldessari with celebrities and artists. Cameras were given to: James Franco, Miley Cyrus, Marina Abramovic, Ranveer Singh, Yuna Kim, Karlie Kloss, Pedro Almodovar, Drew Barrymore, G-Dragon, Ed Ruscha, Gisele Bündchen , Maurizio Cattelan, Drake, Julianne Moore, Scarlett Johansson, Bill Cunningham & Antonio Lopez, Neil Patrick Harris, John Waters, Lionel Messi and Yoko Ono, Lupita Nyong’o, Ai Weiwei, Kate Upton, Dustin Hoffman, Psy, Kirsten Dunst...
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John Baldessari 'Raised Eyebrows/Furrowed Foreheads/Figure with Globe', 2009
By John Baldessari
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Artist: John Baldessari (American, born 1931) Title: 'Raised Eyebrows/Furrowed Foreheads/Figure with Globe' Year: 2009 Medium: 9-Color Silkscreen on Fabriano paper, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 33 of 70 Publisher: Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles Size: 32" x 31" Biography: John Baldessari is an American Conceptual artist known for his pioneering use of appropriated imagery. By blending photography, painting, and text, Baldessari’s work examines the plastic nature of artistic media while offering commentary on our contemporary culture. “I’ve often thought of myself as a frustrated writer,” he explained. “I consider a word and an image of equal weight, and a lot of my work comes out of that kind of thinking.” Through a diverse practice that includes paintings, sculpture, and installations, the artist shaped the Conceptual Art landscape alongside Joseph Kosuth and Hans Haacke...
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