More Than You Wanted to Know About John Baldessari (Paperback)
Meg Cranston
ISBN 10: 3037641924 ISBN 13: 9783037641927
Published by JRP Ringier, Zurich, 2014
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Paperback. This first volume of JRP|Ringiers complete John Baldessari writings project traces the genesis and development of the artists understanding of art in the early 1960s. More Than You Wanted to Know About John Baldessari presents Baldessari as storyteller, moralist, teacher and occasional gadfly, always concerned to accomplish what he describes as the central task of art making: to communicate in a way that people can understand. These writings address everything from matters of color in sculpture, to the dilemmas of art students in need of ideas, to the art worlds ever-conflicted relationship with money, while always returning to Baldessaris love of language and his longstanding investigation into the tensions of word and image. With numerous never-before-published texts and facsimiles of original documents, this long-anticipated collection will prove essential reading for anyone involved in contemporary art. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9783037641927
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This first volume of JRP|Ringier’s complete John Baldessari writings project traces the genesis and development of the artist’s understanding of art in the early 1960s. More Than You Wanted to Know About John Baldessari presents Baldessari as storyteller, moralist, teacher and occasional gadfly, always concerned to accomplish what he describes as the central task of art making: to communicate in a way that people can understand. These writings address everything from matters of color in sculpture, to the dilemmas of art students in need of ideas, to the art world’s ever-conflicted relationship with money, while always returning to Baldessari’s love of language and his longstanding investigation into the tensions of word and image. With numerous never-before-published texts and facsimiles of original documents, this long-anticipated collection will prove essential reading for anyone involved in contemporary art.
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Title: More Than You Wanted to Know About John ...
Publisher: JRP Ringier, Zurich
Publication Date: 2014
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new