ArtBabble: John Baldessari

John Baldessari: Recycling Images

Art21 — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:02:24 +0000

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Exclusive Episode #093: While sifting through boxes of film stills in his Santa Monica studio, artist John Baldessari talks about being a pack rat and discusses his attitude towards appropriating images.

John Baldessari: "Raised Eyebrows/ Furrowed Foreheads"

Art21 — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:20:13 +0000

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Exclusive Episode #082: During the installation of his exhibition "Raised Eyebrows/ Furrowed Foreheads" (2009) at Marian Goodman Gallery in New York, artist John Baldessari discusses his life-long obsession with the distinction between parts and wholes, as well as his reductive philosophy of art-making.

John Baldessari: Season 5 Preview (2009)

Art21 — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:21:34 +0000

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This video is excerpted from the Season 5 episode Systems premiering on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 10pm (ET) on PBS (check local listings).

Systems features four artists—John Baldessari, Kimsooja, Allan McCollum, and Julie Mehretu—who invent new grammars and logics, finding comfort in some systems while rebelling against others in today’s supercharged, information-based society.

MADE IN LA The Prints of Cirrus Edition

Los Angeles County Museum of Art — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 01:34:27 +0000

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Tracing the development of Cirrus from its inception in 1970 to the 1990's, the video features many of the artists that worked at Cirrus over the years, including Lita Albuquerque, John Giegerich, Gronk, Lari Pittman, Edward Ruscha, and others. Commentary by master printer Francesco Siqueiros and Cirrus founder Jean Milant offers additional insight into this seminal Los Angeles art institution.