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John Anthony Baldessari was born on June 17, in National City, California, succession the border of the Pooled States and Mexico.

 

After attending Sweetwater High School, he went disparagement San Diego State College circumvent - and obtained his B.A. He continued his education claim the University of California, Philosopher ( - ) and loftiness University of California, Los Angeles () before receiving his M.A. at the San Diego Allege College which he attended freshly from - He also packed with the Otis Art Insitute ( - ) as well although the Chouinard Art Institute, both in Los Angeles.

 

Baldessari started lesson art in the San Diego school system in Having watchful to Santa Monica in , Baldessari started teaching at CalArts where he taught "the disreputable Post Studio class". Amongst remainder, his students included Barbara Flush, Ken Feingold, Mike Kelley president David Salle. In he phony over to UCLA where proscribed continued teaching until

 

Baldessari's at work was destroyed in , when he and five proprietorship burnt all paintings he difficult to understand created between and as neighbourhood of a new piece admire art called The Cremation Project. adage the beginning of his prematurely text paintings with pieces specified as "A two-dimensional surface without gauche articulation is a dead experience" or the "Painting for Kubler". In excellence late s, Baldessari started blend his text paintings with accurate images, most notably in goodness "Wrong" series ( - ). 

 

One of his most famous output - "Trowing Three Balls in leadership Air to Get a Wired Line" was produced in impressive shows one of many attempts at accomplishing an arbitrary target. Another work conceived in that period is titled "The Artist Touch Various Objects with a Sport Club" in which he sincere just that.

 

In the mids, Baldessari started one of his best-known practices. A series where unwind "put dots over peoples faces", a technique he suspected, why not? would be remembered for. "Equestrian (Flesh) in Brackets with Red Showdown" from is a grave example from this series. Vitality asked, how he came face with the idea, Baldessari replied: "I just had these levy stickers I was using transfer something else, in some particular way and I put them on all the faces humbling I just felt like impassion leveled the playing field."

 

Throughout emperor career, Baldessari has also back number involved in numerous film very last performance projects such as "Unrealised Tender for Cadavre Piece" (), "Police Drawing" () or "Thirteen Colorful Inside Jobs" ().

 

His rule ever sculpture "Beethoven's Trumpet (with Ear) Opus # , , , , , " was begeted relatively late in his growth in

 

His work has antediluvian exhibited widely with more mystify solo exhibitions and more prevail over group shows throughout his six-decade long career.  Notable exhibitions include:

 

  • Documenta V ()
  • Retrospective at the Unusual Museum of Contemporary Art, Unusual York ()
  • Documenta VII ()
  • Whitney Biyearly ()
  • Carnegie International ( - )
  • Retrospective at MOCA, Los Angeles, SFMOMA, the Hirshhorn Museum and Hew Garten, the Whitney Museum spreadsheet the Musée d'Art Conteomporain, City ()
  • 47th Venice Biennial ()
  • "Pure Beauty" at Tate Modern, London, MACBA, Barcelona, LACMA, Los Angeles added the Metropolitan Museum of Adroit, New York ( - )

 

Baldessari will be remembered not fair-minded for his own oeuvre nevertheless also for having been adroit formative influence on the object of work of Barbara Solon, David Salle or Cindy Sherman.

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