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John Baldessari
Two Figures (One with Shadow), from Hegel's Cellar Portfolio

1986

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TECHNICAL INFORMATION: John Baldessari Two Figures (One with Shadow), from Hegel's Cellar Portfolio 1986 Photogravure and sugar-lift acquatint on torn Rives BFK deckle, printed almost to the edges 20 1/2 x 19 3/4 in. Edition of 35 Pencil signed and numbered on verso Accompanied with COA by Gregg Shienbaum Fine Art Condition: This work is in excellent condition Frame: Framed ABOUT THE WORK: In 1986, Baldessari's series entitled "Hegel’s Cellar" used stock imagery in montages to examine Hegel’s theory of an “abyss (or cellar) as a psychic space where one perceives[s] images unconsciously”   The idea was brought out while Baldessari was in psychotherapy and he started to let emotion (not his own emotion) into his work. The presence of fear, anxiety, lust, horror, and other states was new, but their frequently jarring context was not; he was on the lookout for the unexpected associations generated by random images in close proximity. ABOUT THE ARTIST: Throughout his career, John Baldessari has defied formalist categories by working in a variety of media —creating films, videotapes, prints, photographs, texts, drawings, and multiple combinations of these. In his use of media imagery, Baldessari is a pioneer "image appropriator", and as such has had a profound impact on post-modern art production. Born in 1931, John Baldessari studied art, literature, and art history at San Diego State College and the University of California, Berkeley. Baldessari initially studied to be an art critic, but growing dissatisfied with his studies, he turned to painting. Inspired by Dada and Surrealist literary and visual ideas, he began incorporating photographs, notes, texts, and fragments of conversation into his paintings. Baldessari remains fundamentally interested in de-mystifying artistic processes, and uses video to record his performances, which function as "deconstruction experiments". These illustrative exercises target prevailing assumptions about art and artists, focusing on the perception, language, and interpretation of artistic images. Allowing pop-cultural artifacts to function as "information" as opposed to "form", Baldessari's works represented a radical departure from, and often a direct critique of, the modernist sensibility that dominated painting for decades.
  • Creator:
    John Baldessari (1931, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1986
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 20.5 in (52.07 cm)Width: 19.75 in (50.17 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
  • Medium:
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  • Condition:
    This work is in excellent condition.
  • Gallery Location:
    Miami, FL
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU53832169163

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