"John Baldessari, Who Gave Conceptual Art a Dose of Humor, Is Dead at 88," Online Obituary of The New York Times, By Jori Finkel, Jan. 5, 2020. Through his hybrid works and teaching, he helped build... Read full biography
"John Baldessari, Who Gave Conceptual Art a Dose of Humor, Is Dead at 88," Online Obituary of The New York Times, By Jori Finkel, Jan. 5, 2020. Through his hybrid works and teaching, he helped build the Los Angeles art scene, mentoring a who’s who of contemporary artists. LOS ANGELES — John... Read full biography
"John Baldessari, Who Gave Conceptual Art a Dose of Humor, Is Dead at 88," Online Obituary of The New York Times, By Jori Finkel, Jan. 5, 2020. Through his hybrid works and teaching, he helped build the Los Angeles art scene, mentoring a who’s who of contemporary artists. LOS ANGELES — John Baldessari, the influential conceptual artist who helped transform Los Angeles into a global art capital through his witty image-making and decades of teaching there, died on Thursday at his home in the... Read full biography
"John Baldessari, Who Gave Conceptual Art a Dose of Humor, Is Dead at 88," Online Obituary of The New York Times, By Jori Finkel, Jan. 5, 2020. Through his hybrid works and teaching, he helped build the Los Angeles art scene, mentoring a who’s who of contemporary artists. LOS ANGELES — John Baldessari, the influential conceptual artist who helped transform Los Angeles into a global art capital through his witty image-making and decades of teaching there, died on Thursday at his home in the Venice neighborhood of Los Angeles. He was 88. His death was confirmed on Sunday by Virginia Gatelein, his studio manager and the chairwoman of his foundation. No cause was given. Mr. Baldessari started as a semi-abstract painter in the 1950s but grew so... Read full biography
"John Baldessari, Who Gave Conceptual Art a Dose of Humor, Is Dead at 88," Online Obituary of The New York Times, By Jori Finkel, Jan. 5, 2020. Through his hybrid works and teaching, he helped build the Los Angeles art scene, mentoring a who’s who of contemporary artists. LOS ANGELES — John Baldessari, the influential conceptual artist who helped transform Los Angeles into a global art capital through his witty image-making and decades of teaching there, died on Thursday at his home in the Venice neighborhood of Los Angeles. He was 88. His death was confirmed on Sunday by Virginia Gatelein, his studio manager and the chairwoman of his foundation. No cause was given. Mr. Baldessari started as a semi-abstract painter in the 1950s but grew so disenchanted with his own handiwork — as well as the very notion of handiwork — that in 1970 he decided to take his pain... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (67)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
The Last Art College: Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 1968-1978
2012
Kennedy, Garry Neill
455 pages (color)
See This Sound: Promises in Sound and Vision (Lentos Art Museum, LInz, Austria
2009
Rainer, Cosima et al
312 pages (color)
Art Metropole: The Top 100 (National Gallery of Canada) (Exhibition catalog)
2006
Scott, Kitty et al
137 pages
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Paint on Metal: Modern and Contemporary Explorations and Discoveries
2005
Sasse, Julie
154 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004
McGowan, Alison C (Editor)
1,512 pages
Landmarks: Sculpture Commissions for the Stuart Collection
2002
Beebe, Mary; Robert Storr
264 pages (color)
Global Conceptualism: Points of Origin, 1950s-1980s
1999
Bann, Stephen, et al
279 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
California Art: 450 Years of Painting & Other Media
1998
Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall
560 pages (color)
The American Federation of Arts: Exhibitions Programs 1998 (Exhibition catalog)
1998
Padon, Thomas (intro)
79 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998
1997
Marquis Who's Who
1,515 pages
Ink, Paper, Metal, Wood Painters and Sculptors at Crown Point Press
1996
Brown, Kathan
287 pages (color)
John Baldessari National City (Exhibition catalog)
1996
Davies, Hugh/Andrea Hales
113 pages (color)
The Dakis Joannou Collection
1996
Deitch, Jeffrey
302 pages (color)
True Colors The Real Life of the Art World
1996
Haden-Guest, Anthony
344 pages (color)
American Images/The SBC Collection of 20th Century American Art
1996
Hopps, Walter (others)
320 pages (color)
Art of the Postmodern Era From the Late 1960s to the Early 1990s
1996
Sandler, Irving
636 pages (color)
Art Since 1940 Strategies of Being
1995
Fineberg, Jonathan
496 pages (color)
The Paine Webber Art Collection
1995
Flam, Jack; Donald Marron
304 pages (color)
Views from Abroad European Perspectives on American Art (Exhibition catalog)
1995
Fuchs, Rudi/Adam D Weinberg
127 pages (color)
Printmaking in America Collaborative Prints and Presses 1960-1990
1995
Hansen, Trudy (others)
248 pages (color)
History of Art: A Survey of the Major Visual Arts From the Dawn of History to the Present Day
1995
Janson, H W; Dora Jane Janson
960 pages (color)
Art Today
1995
Lucie-Smith, Edward
512 pages (color)
Critiques of Pure Abstraction (Exhibition catalog)
1995
Rosenthal, Mark
48 pages (color)
Conceptual Art An American Perspective
1994
Morgan, Robert C
198 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993
Bowker R R
1,473 pages
Knowledge/Aspects of Conceptual A (Exhibition catalog)
1992
Colpitt, Frances/Phyllis Pious
88 pages (color)
Contemporary Art 1965-1990
1992
Kurtz, Bruce D
256 pages (color)
West Coast Duchamp
1991
Clearwater, Bonnie (others)
128 pages
Explorations The Visual Arts since 1945
1991
Hoffman, Katherine
400 pages (color)
De-Persona (Exhibition catalog)
1991
Oakland Museum
103 pages (color)
Devil on the Stairs Looking Back on the Eighties (Exhibition catalog)
1991
Storr, Robert/J Tannenbaum
96 pages (color)
Breakthroughs Avant-Garde Artists in Europe & America 1950-1990
1991
Wexner Center, Ohio State U
310 pages (color)
Art Since Mid Century 1945 to the Present
1991
Wheeler, Daniel
344 pages (color)
Word As Image American Art 1960-1990 (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Bowman, Russell/Dean Sobel
172 pages (color)
The Trans Parent Thread Asian Philosophy in Recent American Art (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Gelburd, Gail/Geri De Paoli
124 pages (color)
John Baldessari
1990
Van Bruggen, Coosje
256 pages (color)
Art in Place Fifteen Years of Acquisition (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Armstrong, Tom/Susan C Larsen
230 pages (color)
L A Pop in the Sixties (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Ayres, Anne/Jay Belloli
144 pages (color)
The Story of Modern Art
1989
Lynton, Norbert
400 pages (color)
Contemporary Artists (3rd Edition)
1989
Naylor, Colin (editor)
1,059 pages
Contemporary Illustrated Books Word and Image, 1967-1988 (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Stein, Donna
72 pages
Stations (Centre international d'art contemporain de Montréal) (Exhibition catalog)
1988
Bellemare et al
207 pages (color)
Inside the L A Artist
1988
Marrow, Marva
104 pages (color)
American Art of the 1960s
1988
Sandler, Irving
412 pages (color)
Artwords 2 Discourse on the Early 80s
1988
Siegel, Jeanne (editor)
319 pages
Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition)
1987
Cummings, Paul
653 pages
Made In U S A An Americanization in Modern Art '50s & 60s (Exhibition catalog)
1987
Stich, Sidra
280 pages (color)
Blasted Allegories An Anthology of Writings by Contemporary Artists
1987
Wallis, Brian (editor)
431 pages
John Baldessari California Viewpoints
1986
Drohojowski, Hunter
20 pages (color)
An American Renaissance Painting and Sculpture Since 1940 (Exhibition catalog)
1986
Hunter, Sam
269 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
Artists Observed
1986
Stein, Harvey
160 pages
American Artists: An Illustrated Survey of Leading Contemporary Americans
1985
Krantz, Les
347 pages (color)
American Art Since 1970, Painting, Sculpture and Drawing Whitney Museum of American Art (Exhibition catalog)
1984
Marshall, Richard
124 pages
The Art of California Selected Works/ Oakland Museum
1984
Orr-Cahill, Christina
199 pages (color)
Eye to Eye Twenty Years of Art Criticism
1984
Pincus-Witten, Robert
232 pages
Printed Art: A View of Two Decades
1980
Castleman, Riva
144 pages (color)
The Sense of the Self From Self Portrait to Autobiography (Exhibition catalog)