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John Baldessari - John Baldessari, born 1931 in National City, California, has been teaching art and making art since the 1950s after receiving his BA and MA from San Diego State College (now San Diego State University). He taught at California Institute of the Arts from its founding in 1970 to 1988, and has taught at the University of California, Los Angeles, since 1996. He lives in Los Angeles and is often credited with helping to make that city an internationally recognized center of contemporary art.

In 1997 Baldessari received the California Governor's Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Visual Arts, followed in 2005 by the Lifetime Achievement Award from Americans for the Arts. As part of the 53rd International Venice Biennale 2009 in June, Baldessari will be awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement.

John Buchanan - John Buchanan is the director of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.

Constance Lewallen - Constance Lewallen is adjunct curator at the Berkeley Art Museum.

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01.: Introduction

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02.: "I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art" Video

03 min 06 sec

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03.: "Throwing Three Balls in the Air to Get a Straight Line"

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04.: Closet Formalist, "Hegel's Cellar: Cavalry"

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05.: Playing with Framing, "The Fallen Easel"

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06.: "Tristram Shandy" Illustration

02 min 19 sec

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07.: Collection of Movie Stills, "Six Colorful Gags (Male)"

02 min 33 sec

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08.: "Accordionist (with Crowd)"

01 min 49 sec

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09.: Lamp Prints on Thick Paper "Table Lamp and its Shadow D

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10.: Fondness for Teaching

01 min 46 sec

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11.: Digital Imagery "The Pot with Nine Removals"

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12.: Print Making

03 min 36 sec

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13.: Details Removed "Animal (Black) at Ocean"

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14.: "Person with Guitar (Red)" Different Planes for Different Elements

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15.: "Some Narrow Views: (either tall or wide)" Words and Image of Equal Value

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16.: "Stonehenge (with Two Persons) Blue"

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17.: Body Parts, "Face with Nose and (Green) Ear"

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18.: "Six Ear Drawings (Complementary Colors)"

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19.: "Foreheads (One Green)"

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John Baldessari Explains Unusual Framing of His Work

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Location:: Legion of Honor
San Francisco, CA
Event Date:: 07.09.09
Speakers:: John Baldessari,; John Buchanan,; Constance Lewallen

Summary: The contemporary artist John Baldessari in conversation with Bay Area writer and curator Constance Lewallen.

John Baldessari, born 1931 in National City, California, has been teaching art and making art since the 1950s after receiving his BA and MA from San Diego State College (now San Diego State University). He taught at California Institute of the Arts from its founding in 1970 to 1988, and has taught at the University of California, Los Angeles, since 1996. He lives in Los Angeles and is often credited with helping to make that city an internationally recognized center of contemporary art.

In 1997 Baldessari received the California Governor's Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Visual Arts, followed in 2005 by the Lifetime Achievement Award from Americans for the Arts. As part of the 53rd International Venice Biennale 2009 in June, Baldessari was awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement.

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RICHARD SOMERVILLE

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Posted: 12.02.09, 12:56 PM

I saw a show of his at the Tate . It made much more of an impression on me than the POP show I had originally gone to see . A fine and focused mind ,fit to inspire and inform any .

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