John Baldessari
°1931 National City, California, USA
Baldessari lives and works in Santa Monica. His photographic works undermine the conventional language of images. Drawing on visual material from the cinema, newspapers and movie stills, he has described his photomontages as “blasted allegories,” shards and fragments of possible meanings that lend themselves to on-the-spot interpretation. Rooted in conceptual art, Baldessari’s practice continues to evince the artist’s interest in the relationship between image and language, in absurdity, banality, and in Freudian associations. In his work, atrocious images incite laughter, and triteness takes on a tragic dimension.
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This an Example of That: #62/ Two Logs
2008
Collaboration between John Baldessari & Koen Van Den Broek
Digital photographic print mounted on panel
160 x 113 cm
Courtesy Galerie Greta Meert
This an Example of That: #131/ The Jazz Age (Int. Ziegfells Penthouse)
2008
Collaboration between John Baldessari & Koen Van Den Broek
Digital photographic print mounted on panel
186 x 264 cm
Courtesy Galerie Greta Meert
This an Example of That: #10/ Too Much, Too Soon (Interior Shower Infanta)
2008
Collaboration between John Baldessari & Koen Van Den Broek
Digital photographic print mounted on panel
186 x 264 cm
Courtesy Galerie Greta Meert
Prima Facie (Fourth State): Clairvoyant and Et Cetera (Maquette)
2005
Digital archival print on grap
30,5 x 36,8 cm
Courtesy Galerie Greta Meert
Prima Facie (Fourth State): Upset and Et Cetera (Maquette)
2005
Digital archival print on grap
30,5 x 36,8 cm
Courtesy Galerie Greta Meert
Female and Male Face (with notations) with Black and White commentary 3 parts
1989
B/W gelatin silverprint photography
108 x 132 cm
Private Collection
Raised Eyebrows/Furrowed Foreheads: Bridge Collapsing
2009
Three dimensional archival print laminated with lexan and mounted
on Sintra, with acrylic paint, 213,4 X 108 cm
Courtesy Galerie Greta Meert
Raised Eyebrows/Furrowed Foreheads: Fence (with Barbed Wire)
2009
Three dimensional archival print laminated with lexan and mounted
on Sintra, with acrylic paint, 213,4 X 117,5 cm
Courtesy Galerie Greta Meert
Raised Eyebrows/Furrowed Foreheads: Bouquet
2009
Three dimensional archival print laminated with lexan and mounted
on Sintra with acrylic paint, 213,4 X 107,5 cm
Courtesy Galerie Greta Meert
Two Distorted figures (one blue) with (yellow) Springboard
1991
B/W Photograph, acrylic paint
132 x 122 cm
Private Collection
Two Horses and Riders (ed. 5/60)
1997
Lithographie & pochoir
45 x 43,5 cm
Courtesy Galery Greta Meert
Rhino/building/man x 4/car 3 parts
1988
B/W photograph, acrylic paint
207 x 268 cm
Private Collection
Prima Facie (Fourth State): Green and Et Cetera
2005
Archival digital photographic print, water-based opaque paint
Marker on canvas with UV coating
66 3/4 x 107 1/2 inches (169,5 x 273 cm)
Courtesy Galerie Greta Meert
Prima Facie (Fourth State): Purple and Et Cetera
2005
Archival digital photographic print, water-based opaque paint
Marker on canvas with UV coating
66 3/4 x 107 1/2 inches (169,5 x 273 cm)
Courtesy Galerie Greta Meert
Prima Facie (Fourth State): Pink Cadillac/ Wild Daisy
2005
Archival pigment print on ultra smooth fine art paper mounted on museum board
60 x 48 inches (152,4 x 122 cm)
Courtesy Galerie Greta Meert
This an Example of That: #24/ Gavin's Office (Set 10)
2008
Collaboration between John Baldessari & Koen Van Den Broek
Digital photographic print mounted on panel
127 x 180 cm
Courtesy Galerie Greta Meert
