John baldessaric
Born in National City, California, 17 June 1931.
Lives and works in Santa Monica, California.
Education
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.
Solo Exhibitions
2007 "John Baldessari: Noses & Ears, Etc. (Part Four)," Mai 36 Galerie. Zurich, Switzerland, June 1 — July 28, 2007.
"John Baldessari: Music," Kunstmuseum Bonn. Bonn, Germany, May 12 — July 29, 2007. Presented in conjunction with "Beethoven's Trumpet; In One Ear and Out the Same Ear" at the Bonner Kunstverein.
"Beethoven's Trumpet; In One Ear and Out the Same Ear," Bonner Kunstverein. Bonn, Germany, May 12 — July 29, 2007. Presented in conjunction with "Music" at the Kunstmuseum Bonn.
"John Baldessari: Noses & Ears, Etc. (Part Three)," Margo Leavin Gallery. Los Angeles, CA, April 7 — May 5, 2007.
"John Baldessari: Eden: Adam and Eve (With Ear and Nose) Plus Serpent," Portikus. Frankfurt am Main, Germany, February 9 — March 18, 2007.
2006 "John Baldessari: The Prima Facie Series," Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens.
Deurle, Belgium, September 17 — December 3, 2006.
"John Baldessari: Noses & Ears, Etc. (Part 2)," Marian Goodman Gallery. New York, NY, October 19 — November 25, 2006.
"John Baldessari: Composition for Violin and Voices (Male), 1987, Une oeuvre de la collection," Musée d'Art Contemporain Lyon. Lyon, France, June 16 — August 13, 2006.
"John Baldessari: Noses & Ears, Etc.," Cristina Guerra. Lisbon, Portugal, June 7 — September 9, 2006.
"John Baldessari: Prima Facie (Fifth State)," Sprüth Magers Lee London. London, United Kingdom, April 28 — June 24, 2006.
"John Baldessari: Works 1982 — 1991," Marian Goodman Gallery Paris. Paris, France, March 18 — April 22, 2006.
2005"John Baldessari: Prima Facie (Fourth State)" Galerie Meert Rihoux,
Brussels, Belgium, December 16 — January 28, 2005
"John Baldessari: Prima Facie (Third State)" Galeria Pepe Cobo, Madrid Spain, September 14 — November 10, 2005
"John Baldessari: From Life" Carré d’Art Musee Contemporain de Nimes, France, October 19, 2005 — January 8, 2006
"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, 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 84-04)," March 5 — May 16, 2005, Space 02, curated by Peter Pakesch and Adam Budak, Kunsthaus Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria. Catalogue.
"John Baldessari: A Different Kind of Order, (Works1962-1984)," March 4 — July 3, 2005, curated by Rainer Fuchs, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Wien, Austria, Catalogue.
2004"John Baldessari: Somewhere Between Almost Right and Not Quite (With
Orange)," Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, Germany, October 30, 2004
January 16, 2005.
"John Baldessari" Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York, November 17, 2004 — January 8, 2005.
"John Baldessari: Recent Maquettes & Prints," Art Affairs, Amsterdam, 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, California, October 26 — December 7, 2002.
"John Baldessari," Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York, February 14 — March 30, 2002.
2001 "John Baldessari," Museo d’Arte Moderna Contemporanea di Trento e
Rovereto, Trento, Italy, December 15, 2000 - March 11, 2001.
"John Baldessari: The Overlap Series," Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland, June 2 - July 14, 2001.
2000"John Baldessari," 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, 1999 - January 2, 2000.
1999"Baldessari, Tetrad Series," Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York,
April 24 - May 21, 1999.
"Baldessari und Goya," Albertina im Akademiehof, Vienna, Austria, February 18 - March 28, 1999.
1998 "John Baldessari, Commissioned Paintings," Sonnabend Gallery, New York,
New York, November 14 — December 9, 1998.
"John Baldessari Recent Works" Charim Klocker, Vienna, Austria, September 11 — November 7, 1998.
"Tele Dolca Llar & Baldessari 4 HAB a/Vtes.:paper pintat, llums I plantes. NOU," Museu D’Art Contemporani, Barcelona, Spain, July 16 — September 27, 1998.
"Baldessari, 4 RMS W VU: WALLPAPER, LAMPS AND PLANTS. NEW," Witte de With, Rotterdam, Holland, January 24 — March 22, 1998.
"Baldessari, 4 RMS W VU: WALLPAPER, LAMPS, AND PLANTS. NEW," Museum fur Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, Switzerland, January 31 — March 22, 1998.
"John Baldessari," Mai 36 Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland, January 31 — March 14, 1998.
"John Baldessari, The Goya Series," Sonnabend Gallery, New York, New York, January 10 — February 14, 1998.
1997"John Baldessari," Theoretical Events, Napoli, Italy, June 5 — July 31,
1997.
"John Baldessari National City Paintings from 1967 and 1996," Galerie Philomene Magers, Köln, Germany, May 23 - July 31, 1997.
"John Baldessari," Marian Goodman, Paris, France, April 4 — May 31, 1997.
"John Baldessari 1990-1996," Galerie Laage-Salomon, Paris, France, April 4 — May 17, 1997.
"John Baldessari," Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, California. April 19 — May 24, 1997.
1996"John Baldessari," Centro de Arte Moderna Jose de Azeredo Perdigao,
Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal, June 4 — September 1, 1996.
"John Baldessari: National City," San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, California, March 9 — June 30, 1996.
"John Baldessari," Hochschule fur Angewandte Kunst in Wien, Vienna, Austria, March 5 — April 27, 1996.
"John Baldessari," Jurgen Becker, Hamburg, Germany, January — February 1996.
1995"John Baldessari: A Retrospective," Cornerhouse, Manchester, England, May
6 — June 25, 1995, Serpentine Gallery, London, England, July 11 — August 28, 1995, Wurttembergicher Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany, September 21 — November 19, 1995, Moderna Gallerija Ljubljana, Slovenia, December 14, 1995 — January 27, 1996, Museet For Samtidskunst, Oslo, Norway, February 17 — May 5, 1996, Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal, June 4 - September 1, 1996.
"John Baldessari," Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, California, April 22 — May 20, 1995.
1994"Artist’s Choice: John Baldessari, e.g. Grass, Water Heater, Mouths, & etc.
(for John Graham)," The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York, March 17 — May 10, 1994.
1990"John Baldessari," The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles,
California, March 25 — June 17, 1990, traveling to The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California, July 12 — September 9, 1990, The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C., October 16, 1990 — January 6, 1991, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York, July 10 — October 13, 1991, Musee d’Art Contemporain de Montreal, Canada, November 21, 1991 — February 13, 1992.
1989"John Baldessari: Ni por esas" ("Not Even So"), Centro de Arte Reina Sofia,
Madrid, January 11 — February 20, 1989, traveling to capc Musee d’art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France, March 10 — April 22, 1987, IVAM Centre Julio Gonzalez, Valencia, Spain, May 15 — July 15, 1987.
1986"John Baldessari: MATRIX BERKELEY 94," University Art Museum, University
of California, Berkeley, California.
1985"John Baldessari," Le Consortium, Centre d’art Contemporain, Dijon, France,
March 11 — April 18, 1985.
1981"John Baldessari: Work 1966 - 1980," Exhibition organized by Marcia
Tucker, The New Museum, New York, New York, Part I: March 14 — April 4, 1981, Part II: April 8 - 28, 1981. Catalogue. Traveled to The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, January 14 — February 21, 1982, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas, March 6 — April 18, 1982, Municipal Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, May 22- June 21, 1982, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany, September 4 — October 18, 1982. Catalogue.
Group Exhibitions
2007
"What is Painting? Contemporary Art from the Collection," Museum of Modern Art. New York, NY, July 7 — September 17, 2007.
"Hammer Contemporary Collection: Part I," Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center. Los Angeles, CA, January 16 — April 8, 2007.
"Learn to Read," Tate Modern. London, United Kingdom, June 19 — September 2, 2007.
"Not For Sale," P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center. Long Island City, NY, February 11 — April 30, 2007.:
2006
"Red Eye: L.A. Artists from the Rubell Family Collection," Rubell Family Collection. Miami, FL, December 4, 2006 — May 31, 2007.
"Magritte and Contemporary Art: The Treachery of Images," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles. Los Angeles, CA, November 19, 2006 — March 4, 2007.
"Los Angeles 1955—1985: Birth of an Art Capital," Centre Pompidou. Paris, France, March 8 — July 17, 2006.
"Joy Pop! Pop Art 1960's — 2000s: From Lichtenstein, Warhol to the Current Generation," Sieji Togo Memorial Sompo Japan Museum of Art. Tokyo, Japan, July 8 — September 3, 2006.
"Emanuel Hoffmann Foundation. Work Groups and Installations," Museum Für Gegenwartskunst. Basel, Switzerland, June 10 — September 3, 2006.
2005
"The Fluidity of Time: Selections from the MCA Collection", Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois, November 25, 2005 — February 25, 2006
"Drawing from the Modern 1975 — 2005", September 14, 2005 — January 9, 2006, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
"The Blake Byrne Collection," Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, July 3 - October 10, 2005.
"Big Bang" Centre Pompidou, Paris, France, June 15, 2005 — Februrary 27, 2006
"Open Systems: Rethinking Art c.1970," Tate Modern, London, England, June 1 — September 18, 2005.
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.
"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.
"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.
"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.
2003
"Jede Fotographie Ein Bild Seimens Fotosammlung," Pinakothek der Moderne, Sammlung Moderne Kunst, Munich, Germany, December 18, 2003 — March 7, 2004. Catalogue.
"Utopia Station," Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy, June 15 — November 2, 2003. http://www.e-flux.com/projects/utopia/artists.html
"The Last Picture Show: Artists Using Photography, 1960 — 1982," Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 2003 — January 2004. Traveling to UCLA Hammer Museum, February 7 — May 2004. Catalogue.
"Jasper Johns to Jeff Koons: Four Decades of Art from the Broad Collections," Guggenheim Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain, February 15 — September 7, 2003.
"Video Acts: Single Channel Works From the Collections of Pamela and Richard Kramlich and New Art Trust," P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York, November 4, 2002 — May 9, 2003. Catalogue.
2002
"Comer o no Comer (To Eat or Not to Eat)," Salamanca 2002, Centro de Arts de Salamanca, Spain, November 20, 2002 — January 13, 2003. Catalogue.
"Life, Death, Love, Hate, Pleasure, Pain: Selected Works from the MCA Collection," Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, November 16, 2002 — April 20, 2003. Catalogue.
"Limits de la Percepcio," Fundacio Joan Miro, Barcelona, Spain, September 17 — November 3, 2002. Catalogue in Spanish.
"Kunst Nach Kunst (Art After Art)," curated by Pete Friese, Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen, Bremen, Germany, August 18 — November 3, 2002. Catalogue.
"Jasper Johns to Jeff Koons: Four Decades of Art from the Broad Collections," Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, July 28 — October 20, 2002.
"Visions From America: Photographs From The Whitney Museum Of American Art, 1940-2001," The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York, June 27- September 22, 2002. Catalogue.
"Conceptual Art in the Netherlands and Belgium 1965-1975 from Dutch and Belgian Collections," Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. April 20 — June 23, 2002.
"Museum Unserer Wunsche (Museum of Our Wishes)," Museum Ludwig, Koln, Germany, January 11 — April 28, 2002. Exhibition of art in permanent collection. Catalogue.
2001
"Jasper Johns to Jeff Koons: Four Decades of Art from the Broad Collections," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California, October 7, 2001 — January 6, 2002. Travelling to: Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, March 16 — June 3, 2002; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, July 21 — October 20, 2002; Guggenheim Bilbao, February 15 — September 7, 2003.
"Seeing," Boone Children’s Gallery, LACMA West, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California, November 16, 2001 — September 2, 2002.
"Tele[visions]: Kunst Sieht Fern," curated by Joshua Decter, guest curator, Kunsthalle Wein, Wein, Austria, October 18, 2001 — January 6, 2002. Catalogue.x
"Subject Plural: Crowds in Contemporary Art," Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Houston, Texas, March 10 — April 29. Catalogue published by Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston with text by Marti Mayo, Peter Wollen and Paola Morsiani.
2000
"Departures:11 Arists at the Getty" The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA, February 29 - May 7. Catalogue.
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland. "Quartett" September 9- November 12.
1999
"Crosscurrents: New Art from MoMA" Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan. 2 April- 28 May. Catalogue w/text by Robert Storr.
"Sight Gags, Grotesque, Charicature, and Wit in Modern and Contemporary Drawing" The Museum of Modern Art, New York, N.Y. January 21- May 5.
"Global Conceptualism: Points of Origin 1950s - 1980s" Queens Museum of Art, Queens, New York. April 27-August 29. Catalogue
"Circa 1968", Museu Serralves, Museu De Arte Contemporanea, Porto, Portugal. June- September. Catalogue.
" Trouble Spot. Painting", MUHKA Antwerp, Belgium. May-August. Catalogue.
1998
"Big As Life: An American History of 8mm films", The Museum of Modern Art/ San Francisco Cinematheque, California. February- December 1999. Catalogue.
"Art Without the Unique Edition Artelier, 1985-1998" Kunstlerhaus, Graz, Austria. 26 September- 26 October. Catalogue.
"Artificial Figuracions Contemporanies" , Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. January 21- March 15, 1998. Catalogue.
"Double Trouble, The Patchett Collection", The Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, Ca. June 27 - Sept. 5, 1998.
1997
"La Biennale di Venezia: 47th International Art Exhibition" Venice, Italy. June 15- November 9. Catalogue. Exhibition curator: Germano Celant.
"Scene of the Crime" UCLA at the Armand Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, Ca.July 21 - October 5. Catalogue.
"Sunshine & Noir. Art in L.A. 1960-1997" Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark. Summer 1997. Catalogue. Traveled to Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany, Fall 1997; Castello di Rivoli, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Italy, Spring 1998; UCLA Arm and Hammer Museum of Art, L.A. Ca. Fall 1998.
"Livers D’Artistes" Bibliotheque nationale de France, France. May 29- Oct 12.
1996
"Painting into Photography: Photography into Painting" The Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, Florida. December 20, 1996- February 16, 1997.
"Hall of Mirrors: Art and Film since 1945," MOCA Los Angeles, California. March 17 - July 28. Curated by Kerry Brougher. Catalogue.
"Comme un oiseau" Foundation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris, France, June 19-October 13, 1996.
"1965-1975: Reconsidering the Object of Art," MOCA, Los Angeles, CA. October 17-February 4.
"Reflected Image: A selection of Contemporary Photography from the LAC Collection, Switzerland" Centro perl’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato,Italy.
1993
"Construction Quotation: Collective images in Photography", Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany. August 29-October 31.
1992
"More than One Photographer: Works since 1980 from the Collection" Museum of Modern Art, New York. May 14-August 9.
1991
"Devil on the Stairs; Looking Back at the Eighties", Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia. October 5- January 5. Curated by Robert Storr. Traveled to Newport Harbor Art Museum, April 16- June 21.
1990
"Art in Europe and America: The 1960s and 1970s," Wexner Center for the Visual Arts, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. May 19- August 5.
1986
"Individuals: A Selected History of Contemporary Art 1945-1986," The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA. December 10, 1986- January 10, 1988.
1985
"Carnegie International: Contemporary Art- Europe and America in Pittsburgh," Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute Pittsburgh, PA. November 9, 1985 - January 5, 1986.
1983
"Whitney Biennial Exhibition," (also included in Whitney Biennial in 1979, 1977, 1972, and 1969) Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
1982
"Documenta 7," Kassel, W.Germay. "Photography Used in Contemporary Art, In and Around the 70’s" National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo.
1978
"Art About Art," Whitney Museum of American Art, N.Y.
1972
"Documenta 5," Kassel, Germany.
Catalogues (One Person):
2005
John Baldessari: A Different Kind of Order, (Works 1962-1984), March 4 — July 3, 2005, edited by Rainer Fuchs, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, texts by Rainer Fuchs, Ann Rorimer, Winfried Pauleit, and Marie de Brugerolle, Conversation between , Tracey Bashkoff, and Matt Mullican.
John Baldessari: Life’s Balance, (Works 84-04), March 5 — May 16, 2005, Space 02, curated by Peter Pakesch and Adam Budak, Kunsthaus Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria.
2004
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. Texts by Tracy Bashkoff, Russell Ferguson, John Hanhardt and Frederic Tuten.
2003
Drift, Texts by Delfim Sardo. Centro Cultural de Belem, Lisbon, Portugal, 2003.
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.
Writings and Books by the Artist:
2004
Yours in Food, John Baldessari. With Meditations on Eating by Paul Auster, John Baldessari, David Byrne, Dave Eggers, David Gilbert, Tim Griffin, Andy Grundberg, John Haskell, Michael More, Glenn O’Brien, Francine Prose, Peter Schjeldahl, Lynne Tillman. A Blind Spot Book, published by Princeton Architectural Press, all photographs by John Baldessari, 2004.
2001
Brown and Green and Other Parables. Reykjavik, Iceland: i8 and Reykjavik Art Museum, Iceland, 2001.
1999
The Metaphor Problem Again. Collaboration with Lawrence Weiner. Ink-Tree Kunsnacht and Mai 35 Galerie Zurich, Switzerland.
1998
Zorro ( Two Gestures and One Mark). Octagon press.
1989
Lamb. Collaboration with Meg Cranston. Valencia, Spain: IVAM Centre Julio Gonzlez.
1988
The Telephone Book (With Pearls). Gent, Belgium: Imschoot, Uitgevers for IC,
The Life and Opinions of Tristam Shandy. Thirty-nine photo-collage illustrations for the novel by Laurence Sterne; produced at San Francisco as three volumes, in an edition of 400 sets, of which fifty are issues with a suite of five lithographs by the artist. Produced by Arion Press.
1981
Close–Cropped Tales. Buffalo: CEPA Gallery; and Buffalo: Albright—Knox Art Gallery.
Articles and Reviews:
2006
Knight, Christopher, Paris Does L.A. Proud, Los Angeles Times, Wednesday, March 15, 2006, P. E1 continued on page E6, Two cities Linked by Art, Continued on P E7, L.A Art receives its due, Illus. P. E7
2005
Bickers, Patricia, "John Baldessari: Carré d'Art, Nimes" Art Monthly, London, United Kingdom, No. 292, December/January, 2005-06
Meyers, Terry, "John Baldessari: Prima Facie", Modern Painters, London, United Kingdom, September 2005, P. 110.
Knight, Christopher, "From 1,000 Words to One", Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, April15, 2005. Pp. E24 — E25
Burton, Johanna, ": Marian Goodman Gallery," Art Forum International, February 2004.
2004
Davis, Nicole, "Baldessari Orange," Artnet, www.artnet.com, December 9, 2004.
Laubard, Charlotte, "John Baldessari." Rebel Magazine, Paris, France. May 2004. Number 7. Pg. 152 — 155.
Flynn, Tom, "John Baldessari," ArtReview Magazine, London, Great Britain. May 2004, Volume LIV. p. 39.
Schedlmayer, Nina,"Gestenbuch," Profil, Vienna, Austria. January 26, 2004. No. 5. p. 154.
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)..
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
Harvey, Doug. "Baldesaurus Rex: Painterly conceptualist or conceptualist painter?" LA Weekly, November 22-28, 2002, p 47. Illustration: Intersection Series: Landscape and Chorale, 2002.
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 114 —21, 2002 Issue No. 333. pp. 60. (Photo of "Ocean/Accordian." 2002)
2001
Willis, Holly. "The Films of "John Baldessari." LA Weekly. November 16-22, 2001. Pg 68.
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. (Photo of "Read / Write/Think/Dream." & John.)
1999
Richard, Frances. " John Baldessari " Artforum, April 1999, p. 121
Solomon, Deborah. "How to Succeed in Art," New York Times Magazine, June 27, p.38-41. (photo)
Smith, Roberta. "Conceptual Art: Over, and yet everywhere" The New York Times, Arts & Leisure, cover photo, April 25.
1998
Schjeldahl, Peter. "Wonderful Cynicism: John Baldessari" Village Voice. Feb. 4. issue.
Johnson, Ken. "John Baldessari ‘ The Commissioned Paintings’ The New York Times. December 11, pg. B37.
Minjee Cho. "Create and Destroy" ARTnews Summer 1998. p.36.
1997
McKenna, Kristine. "Turning Gray to Black and White", Los Angeles Times, April 20, 1997, (calendar) p. 54-55.
"Kunstmatkt" Frankfurter Allemeine Zeitung. Germany.July 19: Nr. 165/ Seite 35.
"Tips und Termine" Kolner Stadt Hunzeiger . (Germany) July 4:Nr. 154/Seite 5.
Knight, Christopher. "An Enlightened Twist on Tradition", Los Angeles Times. April 30: F1 & F5 with photo.
Princenthal, Nancy."John Baldessari", On Paper The journal of Prints, Drawings, and Photography, May-June 1997, p.38.
Lindgard, Jade. "John Baldessari", Les Inrockuptibles (Paris), 30 April- 6 May: 19 and insert.
"John Baldessari le Manipulateur" Le Monde (Paris), April 15:22.
Hüllenkremer, Marie. "Die Vergangenheit muß man zerstören" Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger (Germany), June 10.
1996
Meyer, James, "Reconsidering the Object of Art," Artforum, February, p.78,79,109.
1995
Albertini, Rosanna. "John Baldessari: I Colori Della Discordanza," Flash Art, Italia, December 1995/ January 1996, p. 57-60.
Relyea, Lane. "John Baldessari: Margo Leavin Gallery," Artforum, October, 1995, p.107.
Knight, Christopher. "A Mysterious Place Between Paintings and Photographs", Los Angeles Times. May 10, p.F1.
1994
Kimmelman, Michael. "For Baldessari, de Chirico is Just One of the Guys", New York Times, April 10.
1993
Smith, Roberta. "John Baldessari: Working Materials", The New York Times, Sept. 17, p.C18.
1991
"Collaboration John Baldessari / Cindy Sherman," Parkett, # 29, September, pp. 28-73, illus.
Interviews with the Artist:
2005
"It’s Alive," in conversation with John Welchman on May 18, 2005, Venice, California, published in the catalgue for the retrospective at Musee d'art Contemporain de Nimes, France.
2004
Politi, Gea. "John Baldessari: Undangerous Minds." Flash Art, Italy, No. 246, June-July 2004, pp100-103, illus.
Obrist, Hans Ulrich. Domus #867 (February, 2004) pp.68-71With 31 page Insert Interview.
2003
Sanders, Mark. Another Magazine #5 (Bi-Annual Autumn/Winter, 2003) pp.378-391.
2002
Gopnik, Blake. "L.A. Consequential," The Washington Post. January 20, 2002. Section G. pp. 1(Photo of "Looking East on 4th and C." (1967-68).
2001
Cranston, Meg. "John Baldessari: Many Worthwhile Aspects," Baldessari: While Something is Happening here, something else is happening there: works 1965-2000, catalogue, Reykjavik Art Museum, Iceland, 2001.
1998
Simmons, Gary. Flash Art #202, October 1998.
1997
McKenna , Kristine, "Turning Gray to Black and White," Los Angeles Times, April 20, 1997 (Calendar) Pp54-55
1996
Knight, Christopher. "Filling a Canvas With Ideas," Los Angeles Times, December 30, 1996, pp. F1 (photo), F8.
1995
Gillick, Liam. "I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art," Art Monthly Magazine, June 1995, pp. 3-7.
"John Baldessari interviewed by John Carson," Interview conducted at the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) at the opening of "This Not That" at the Serpentine Gallery, London, England, July 1995.
1994
Varnedoe, Kirk. "An Interview with John Baldessari," MoMA Magazine, winter/spring, p.10.
1992
Knight, Christopher, "Interview with John Baldessari," Interview conducted on April 4, 1992, Santa Monica, California, for the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
1990
Wei, Lilly and Cecile N. McCann. "Making Art, Making Money," Art in America, July 1990, pp. 133-134.
1989
Cranston, Meg. "John Baldessari: Part One," Journal of Contemporary Art (New York) volume 2, no. 1 (Spring/Summer 1989), pp. 41—49.
"Part Two," volume 2, no. 2 (Fall/Winter 1989), pp. 51—58.
1988
Siegel, Jeanne. "John Baldessari: Recalling Ideas," Arts Magazine
(New York) 62, no. 8 (Apr 1988), pp. 86-89. Also published in Artwords 2: Discourse on the Early 80s. Ann Arbor, Michigan: UMI Research Press, 1988. (Revised from Arts Magazine)
1984
Kraft, Barbara. "An Interview With John Baldessari," Articles (California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California) volume 1, no. 2 (Dec/Jan 1984/1985), pp. 11-13.
Teaching
1996 - U.C.L.A. - Visiting Professor of Art
1970 - 1988 Cal Arts- general art faculty.