{"id":3181,"date":"2012-11-27T11:27:10","date_gmt":"2012-11-27T16:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/?p=3181"},"modified":"2021-04-21T16:58:26","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T20:58:26","slug":"a-brief-history-of-john-baldessari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/27\/a-brief-history-of-john-baldessari\/","title":{"rendered":"A Brief History of John Baldessari"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-3181-1' class='gallery gallery-3181'>\n\t\t\t\t<div class='gallery-row gallery-clear'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<dl class='gallery-item col-4'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon'><a href='https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/i-will-not-make-any-more-boring-art-john-baldessari.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"111\" src=\"https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/i-will-not-make-any-more-boring-art-john-baldessari-150x111.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art - John Baldessari\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/i-will-not-make-any-more-boring-art-john-baldessari-150x111.jpg 150w, https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/i-will-not-make-any-more-boring-art-john-baldessari-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/i-will-not-make-any-more-boring-art-john-baldessari.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<dd class='gallery-caption'>I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art <\/dd>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/dl>\n\t\t\t\t\t<dl class='gallery-item col-4'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon'><a href='https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/john-baldessari-the-pencil-story.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"129\" src=\"https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/john-baldessari-the-pencil-story-150x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"john baldessari - the pencil story\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/john-baldessari-the-pencil-story-150x129.jpg 150w, https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/john-baldessari-the-pencil-story-300x258.jpg 300w, https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/john-baldessari-the-pencil-story.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<dd class='gallery-caption'>The Pencil Story<\/dd>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/dl>\n\t\t\t\t\t<dl class='gallery-item col-4'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon'><a href='https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Stonehenge-With-Two-Persons-Blue-John-Baldessari.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"135\" src=\"https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Stonehenge-With-Two-Persons-Blue-John-Baldessari-150x135.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Stonehenge (With Two Persons) Blue - John Baldessari\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Stonehenge-With-Two-Persons-Blue-John-Baldessari-150x135.jpg 150w, https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Stonehenge-With-Two-Persons-Blue-John-Baldessari-300x270.jpg 300w, https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Stonehenge-With-Two-Persons-Blue-John-Baldessari.jpg 438w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<dd class='gallery-caption'>Stonehenge (With Two Persons) Blue<\/dd>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/dl>\n\t\t\t\t\t<dl class='gallery-item col-4'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon'><a href='https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Throwing-Three-Balls-in-teh-Air-to-Get-a-Straight-Line-best-of-36-attempts-John-Baldessari.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Throwing-Three-Balls-in-teh-Air-to-Get-a-Straight-Line-best-of-36-attempts-John-Baldessari-150x112.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Throwing Three Balls In The Air To Get A Straight Line (Best Of Thirty-Six Attempts) - John Baldessari\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Throwing-Three-Balls-in-teh-Air-to-Get-a-Straight-Line-best-of-36-attempts-John-Baldessari-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Throwing-Three-Balls-in-teh-Air-to-Get-a-Straight-Line-best-of-36-attempts-John-Baldessari-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Throwing-Three-Balls-in-teh-Air-to-Get-a-Straight-Line-best-of-36-attempts-John-Baldessari.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<dd class='gallery-caption'>Throwing Three Balls In The Air To Get A Straight Line (Best Of Thirty-Six Attempts)<\/dd>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/dl>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .gallery -->\n\n<p>Anyhow, Baldessari has been around for \u00a0long time and he&#8217;s a big deal. Still not convinced? If you aren&#8217;t impressed and charmed by the 6 minute short film narrated by Tom Waits at the end of this post,\u00a0 you are probably dead inside.<\/p>\n<p>As described on the youtube page:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The epic life of a world-class artist, jammed into six minutes.<br \/>Narrated by Tom Waits.<br \/>Commissioned by LACMA for their first annual &#8220;Art + Film Gala&#8221; honoring John Baldessari and Clint Eastwood.<\/p>\n<p>directed by Henry Joost &amp; Ariel Schulman (<a dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/gosupermarche.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/gosupermarche.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/gosupermarche.com\/<\/a>)<br \/>edited by Max Joseph (<a dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/www.maxjoseph.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.maxjoseph.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.maxjoseph.com\/<\/a>)<br \/>written by Gabriel Nussbaum (<a dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/www.bankstreetfilms.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bankstreetfilms.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.bankstreetfilms.com<\/a>)<br \/>cinematography by Magdalena Gorka (<a dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/magdalenagorka.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/magdalenagorka.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/magdalenagorka.com\/<\/a>)<br \/>&amp; Henry Joost<br \/>produced by Mandy Yaeger &amp; Erin Wright<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to John Baldessari and his studio. (<a dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/www.baldessari.org\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.baldessari.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.baldessari.org\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eU7V4GyEuXA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. Anyhow, Baldessari has been around for \u00a0long&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[130,183,348,129,150,271,242],"tags":[294,227,175,133,949,128,676,126,127,152,516,400,677,240],"class_list":["post-3181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-history","category-conceptual-art","category-contemporary-art-2","category-painters","category-photography","category-printmaking","category-video-2","tag-american-artist","tag-american-artists","tag-art","tag-art-history-2","tag-conceptual-art","tag-contemporary-art","tag-john-baldessari","tag-painter","tag-painting","tag-photography-2","tag-printmaking-2","tag-sculpture-2","tag-tom-waits","tag-video"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2JDlZ-Pj","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3181"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4745,"href":"https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3181\/revisions\/4745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}