A Brief History of John Baldessari
John Baldessari is pretty epic, a towering figure in art (literally and figuratively) . Conceptual art is pretty funny to me; I suspect he also has a sense of humour about it, too.
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- I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art
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- The Pencil Story
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- Stonehenge (With Two Persons) Blue
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- Throwing Three Balls In The Air To Get A Straight Line (Best Of Thirty-Six Attempts)
Anyhow, Baldessari has been around for long time and he’s a big deal. Still not convinced? If you aren’t impressed and charmed by the 6 minute short film narrated by Tom Waits at the end of this post, you are probably dead inside.
As described on the youtube page:
The epic life of a world-class artist, jammed into six minutes.
Narrated by Tom Waits.
Commissioned by LACMA for their first annual “Art + Film Gala” honoring John Baldessari and Clint Eastwood.directed by Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman (http://gosupermarche.com/)
edited by Max Joseph (http://www.maxjoseph.com/)
written by Gabriel Nussbaum (http://www.bankstreetfilms.com)
cinematography by Magdalena Gorka (http://magdalenagorka.com/)
& Henry Joost
produced by Mandy Yaeger & Erin WrightThank you to John Baldessari and his studio. (http://www.baldessari.org/)
