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John Baldessari

John Baldessari. Caroline O’Day February 10, 2016. Background. Born in National City, California in 1931 BA (1953) and MA (1957) from San Diego State College, also studied at Otis Art Institute and Chouinard Art Institute (1957–1959 )

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John Baldessari

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  1. John Baldessari Caroline O’Day February 10, 2016

  2. Background • Born in National City, California in 1931 • BA (1953) and MA (1957) from San Diego State College, also studied at Otis Art Institute and Chouinard Art Institute (1957–1959) • Began teaching art and this impacted his own artmaking immensely • “A vital lesson for me was learning that teaching is about communication. Lecturing doesn’t do it. You have to see the light in the student’s eyes; you have to see that they get it. And if you don’t see the light, then you try another approach and then another approach. I realized that that attitude was filtering into my art—that you have to communicate. Teaching and art began to cross-pollinate and one affected the other. I realized that art was about communication. I was learning how to communicate by teaching. In effect I was saying, the art I do is what I’m talking about in the classroom and vice versa and they’re interchangeable.”  interview with Susan Sollins, July 2008

  3. Known for • Photomontage, use of text and language, visual juxtaposition • Humor, dissonance, quirkiness • Colored dots over faces • “No more boring art”

  4. Studio Visit(2:00 – 4:20) • Photography functioning as documentation • Art is a dialogue • Art comes out of art • Pulls from history, not necessarily pop culture • Reinvent the wheel?

  5. links • http://www.baldessari.org/ • http://www.art21.org/artists/john-baldessari • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU7V4GyEuXA • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsvwR1ih0mk

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