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John Baldessari
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Bill Jay, n.d., John Baldessari, [Photographers], Gelatin silver print, Provided by the artist - Bill Jay, LL/10194
John Baldessari


Born: 1931, 17 June - US, CA, National City
Died: 2020, 2 January
Gender: Male
Active: US
 
American conceptual artist.

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Bill Jay, n.d., John Baldessari, [Photographers], Gelatin silver print, Provided by the artist - Bill Jay, LL/10194
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Rena Small, 1984, 2008, John Baldessari, [Artist's Hands], Gelatin silver print, Provided by the artist - Rena Small, LL/29443
Image: LL/29443
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Nancy Lee Katz, 1993, 28 March (taken) 2019 (print), John Baldessari, Gelatin silver print, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), LL/105907
Image: LL/105907
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Anne Collier, 2003, Untitled Aura Photograph (John Baldessari), Institute of Contemporary Art, LL/7230
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Baldessari breaks down photography's boundaries by playfully commingling mediums to court ambiguity and the dualities of chaos and order and to free himself from the classic artistic expectation of organizing the world and giving it a defined, narrative structure. Baldessari appropriates images from popular culture, especially Hollywood film stills, taking the existential position that the act of making choices along with their accompanying chance occurrences is what makes life and art authentic.
 
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Michael Peres (Editor-in-Chief), 2007, Focal Encyclopedia of Photography, 4th edition, (Focal Press) [ISBN-10: 0240807405, ISBN-13: 978-0240807409] (Used with permission)
 
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