John Baldessari
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Born: 1931, National City, California
Lives: and works in Santa Monica
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1949-53 B.A., San Diego State College, California.
1954-55 University of California at Berkeley.
1955 University of California at Los Angeles.
1955-57 M.A., San Diego State College, California.
1957-59 Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles.
Chouinard Art Institute, Los Angeles.
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and Two–Person Exhibitions - SELECTED
2005 “John Baldessari: Prima Facie (Second State),” Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland, June 11-July 30, 2005.
“John Baldessari: Prima Facie,” Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA., April 9 – May 14, 2005.
“John Baldessari: The Blockage Series,” Galerie Marian Goodman, Paris, France, March 11 – April 23, 2005.
“John Baldessari: Life’s Balance, (Works 1984-2004),” Kunsthaus Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria, curated by Peter Pakesch and Adam Budak. Catalogue. March 5 – May 16, 2005.
“John Baldessari: A Different Kind of Order (Works 1962-1984),” Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Wien, Austria, curated by Rainer Fuchs. Catalogue. March 4 – July 3, 2005,
“John Baldessari: I will not make any more boring art,” curated by Lee Plested, PLAySPACE Gallery, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, California, January 28 – February 11, 2005.
2004 “John Baldessari” Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York, November 17, 2004 – January 8, 2005.
“John Baldessari and Jonathan Monk” Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark, May 21 - July 17, 2004.
“Drift (A Work by John Baldessari, Juliao Sarmento, and Lawrence Weiner),” Centro Cultural de Belem, Lisbon, Portugal, March 19 - May 30, 2004. Catalogue.
“John Baldessari: Somewhere Between Almost Right and Not Quite (With Orange), Deutsche Guggenheim, October 30, 2004 – January 16, 2005, organized by Tracey Bashkoff, catalogue by The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York, 2004, traveling to Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen, Bremen, Germany, February 22 – March 27, 2005.
“John Baldessari: Recent Maquettes & Prints,” Art Affairs, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, February 7 – March 13, 2004.
2003 “John Baldessari: Vertical/Horizontal Series” Bernier/ Elaides, Athens, Greece, December 4, 2003 – January 31, 2004.
“John Baldessari: The Duress Series”, Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich Switzerland, June 7 – July 19, 2003.
“John Baldessari: Editionen,” Einladung zur Eroffnung, Hamburg, Germany, January 31 – April 5, 2003.
2002 “John Baldessari: Junctions and Intersections,” Monika Spruth Philomene Magers, Cologne, Germany, October 31, 2002 – February 28, 2003.
“John Baldessari: Junctions and Intersections,” Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, October 26 – December 7, 2002.
“John Baldessari: The Intersection Series,” Primo Piano, Rome, Italy, May 7- August 7, 2002.
“John Baldessari,” Galerie Marian Goodman, Paris, France, May 3 – June 15, 2002.
“John Baldessari,” Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York, February 14 – March 30, 2002.
2001 “John Baldessari,” Philomene Magers, Munich, Germany, June 2 – July 31.
“John Baldessari: The Overlap Series,” Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland, June 2 - July 14.
“While Something Is Happening Here, Something Else Is Happening There: Works 1965-2001,” Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland, March 31-June 17, 2001. Catalogue.
“John Baldessari,” Museo d’Arte Moderna Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Trento, Italy, December 15, 2000 - March 11, 2001.
2000 “John Baldessari,” Gallerie Brandstrup, Oslo, Norway, August 24 – September 10, 2000.
“John Baldessari Selections from: The Goya Series-The Tetrad Series-The Elbow Series,” Meert Rihoux, Brussels, Belgium, May 2000.
“Baldessari, While Something Is Happening Here, Something Else Is Happening There: Works 1988-1999,” Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany, September 26- January 2, 2000. Traveled to Staatlich Kunstammlungen Dresden, January 16-April 2.
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2005 “Logical Conclusions: 40 Years of Rule-Based Art,” February 18 – March 26, 2005, PaceWildenstein, New York, Catalogue.
“Recent Acquisitions from the Athenaeum’s Artists’ Books and Artworks Collection,” includes John Baldessari, Allan Kaprow, Barbara Kruger, Bruce Nauman, Ed Ruscha, Lawrence Weiner, etc., Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, Library Association of La Jolla, La Jolla, California, February 19-March 26, 2005.
“A Walk to Remember,” Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, includes John Baldessari, Jennifer Bornstein, Meg Cranston, Morgan Fisher, Evan Holloway, Paul McCarthy, Ruben Ortiz Torres, Allen Ruppersberg, and Eric Wesley, February 9 – May 8, 2005.
“Feminae: Baldessari, Munoz, Picabia, Polke, Sarmento, Warhol,” Galeria Pepe Cobo, Madrid, Spain, Inauguration Friday January 28, 2005.
2004 “What’s Modern?” Gagosian Gallery, New York, November 5 – December 18, 2004.
“Small: the Object in Film, Video, and Slide Installation,” Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, includes John Baldessari, Matthew Higgs, Sol LeWitt, Jonathan Monk, Alan Phelan, Michael Snow, and Rirkrit Tiravanija, November 18, 2004 – February 6, 2005.
“Reflecting the Mirror,” curated by Karina Daskalov, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, June 14 – August 27, 2004.
"Ready to Shoot, Fernsehgalerie Gerry Schum/videogalerie schum,” Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany, April 2004. Traveling to Museu de Arte Contemporanea de Serralves, Porto, Portugal; Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France; Casino Luxembourg Forum d’art contemporian, Luxembourg, Norwich Gallery, Norwich and Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemoraneo, Sevilla, Spain. English edition catalogue.
“California Dreaming,” films by Kenneth Anger, John Baldessari, Will Handle, David Lamelas, and Ed Ruscha, Whitney Museum of Art, New York, July 1 – August 22, 2004.
“That bodies speak has been known for a long time, *” curated by Hemma Schmutz, Tanja Widmann, Generali Foundation, Vienna, Austria, January 22 – April 25, 2004.
“ Beyond Geometry: Experiments in Form, 1940s – 70s,” Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, June 13 – October 3, 2004. Traveling to Miami Art Museum, Miami, Florida, November 18, 2004 – May 1, 2005. Catalogue.
“Summer Show,” Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, June 5 – July 31, 2004.
“Not Done! (The Artist’s Book).” Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen. Antwerpen, Belgium. June 19 – August 29, 2004.
“American Artists’ Books in Europe, 1960 – 2000,” Musee d Art Americain Giverny/ Terra Foundation for the Arts. Giverny, France. July 11 - October 31 2004. Catalogue.
“Artists’ Favorites,” ICA Galleries, London. June 5-July 23, 2004.
“QSL 107.1 FM,” A temporary radio project and audio publication. Broadcast May 30-31 2004. Middlesbrough, Victoria Square. A project by Kelly Large hosted by Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (mima). Catalogue.
“From House to Home,” The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. February 08 – May 17, 2004.
“Topographies,” San Francisco Art Institute. March 19 - May 8, 2004. Traveled to Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CA, July 10 – September 26, 2004. Catalogue.
“Funny Business,” Laguna Art Museum. March 14 – May 23, 2004.
“Telefonica’s Contemporary Photography Collection (Telefonica Foundation and ARCO present)” ARCO, Madrid, Spain. February 2004
“H2O (x) + 6” Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. February 28, - March 13, 2004.
“Behind the Facts. Interfunktionen 1968-1975” Joan Miro Foundation. Parc de Montjuic, Barcelona, Spain. February 19 – May 2, 2004. traveling to Kunsthalle Fridericianum Kassel, January 30 – April 3, 2005.
“Specific Objects: the Minimalist Influence,” curated by Stephanie Hanor, The Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, September 26, 2004 – January 30, 2005.
“Funky Lessons,” curated by Jorg Heiser, including artists John Baldessari, Andrea Fraser, Martin Gostner, Andrian Piper, Franz West and others, at BuroFriedrich, Berlin Germany, September 14 – November 13, 2004.
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2004 “John Baldessari a Amsterdem,” Art Jonction Le Journal. Paris, France. January – February 2004. No. 43.
2003 Sanders, Mark. “John Baldessari,” Another Magazine. London, England, Autumn/Winter, 2003. p. 378-391.
Gray, Emma. “You Haven’t Taught Until You See The Light Bulb In Their Eyes Light Up,” Art Review Magazine, London, Great Britain. V1N09. (Fall 2003).
Lord, M.G. “A City Where Locals Are Welcome.” The New York Times, New York, NY. April 23, 2003, F1 & F12.
Smith, Roberta. “Video, in Its Infancy, Had to Crawl Before It Could Walk.” The New York Times, New York, NY. Friday, January 24, 2003, p B37.
2002 Pagel, David. “Baldessari Plays with Puzzles”. LA Times – Calendar: Art(Around the Galleries) Friday, November 8, 2002, pE22, illustration.
Plagens, Peter. “John Baldessari.” Art Forum. February 2002. pp. 23 (Photo of John in front of “A Painting That Is It’s Own Documentation”, 1968.)
Griffin, Tim. “At A Crossroads.” Time Out New York. February 14 –21, 2002 Issue No. 333. pp. 60. (Photo of “Ocean/Accordian.” 2002)
2001 Livingstone, Marco and Dominique Tonneau-Ryckelynck. “Le Photographisme.” 160 Ans de Photographie En Nord. p 46.
Solomon, Deborah. “From the Rubble, Ideas for Rebirth.” New York Times. September 30, 2001. AR37.
Ollman, Leah. Use Your Faculties. Los Angeles Times. Front page of Calendar section. Monday, July 30, 2001. F6.
Turchetto, Francesca. Review. Tema Celeste (Milan, Italy), March-April, 2001, p. 106.
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Catalogues (One Person)
2001 Baldessari: While Something is Happening here, something else is happening there: works 1965-2001. Texts by Eirikur Thorlasksson, Thomas Weski, Dave Hickey, Meg Cranston, Frank-Alexander Hettig and Thorvaldur Thorsteinsson. Reykjavik Art Museum, Iceland, 2001.
2000 John Baldessari. Texts by Gabriella Belli, Thomas Weski, Meg Cranston, Diedrich Diederichsen. Skira, Milan, Italy.
1999 Sprengel Museum Hannover. John Baldessari, While Something Is Happening Here, Something Else is Happening There. Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany.
Marian Goodman Gallery. John Baldessari, Tetrad Series. Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, N.Y.
1998 Museum Fur Gegenwartskunst Zurich. Baldessari - RMS W VU: WALLPAPER, LAMPS, AND PLANTS. (NEW). Museum fur Gegenwartskunst Zurich. Switzerland.
1996 Davies,Hugh & Hales,Andrea . John Baldessari: National City, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, California.
Prinzhorn, Martin. John Baldessari, Hochschule für angewandte Kunst in Wien, Germany.
Pyo, John Baldessari, Pyo Gallery, Seoul, Korea.
1995 Snoddy, Stephen. This Not That, Cornerhouse, Manchester, England.
1994 Varnedoe, Kirk, and John Baldessari. Artist’s Choice: John Baldessari, e.g.. Grass, Water, Heater, Mouths, & etc. (for John Graham). The Museum of Modern Art, New York, N.Y.
1990 van Bruggen, Coosje. John Baldessari, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Rizzoli, New York.
1989 Ni Por Esas/ Not Even So: John Baldessari, published by CAPC Musee d’art contemporain de Bordeaux.
1981 John Baldessari, essays by Marcia Tucker & Robert Pincus-Witten, interview by Nancy Drew, The New Museum, New York.
John Baldessari, introduction and interview by Rudi Fuchs, Municipal Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven; Museum Folkwang, Essen, edited by Jan Debbaut.
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