John BaldessariRaised Eyebrows / Furrowed Foreheads: Crooked Made Straight2009
2009
About the Item
- Creator:John Baldessari (1931, American)
- Creation Year:2009
- Dimensions:Height: 5 in (12.7 cm)Width: 12 in (30.48 cm)Depth: 0.25 in (6.35 mm)
- More Editions & Sizes:Edition of 45/XXPrice: $2,500
- Medium:
- Period:
- Condition:
- Gallery Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU2096210785522
John Baldessari
Although Conceptual artist John Baldessari is best known for the richly provocative juxtapositions of photographic images and text that characterize his prints and paintings, he actually had something of a traditional art world upbringing — if such a thing exists.
Born in Southern California, Baldessari earned several art degrees, from art education to art history to painting. He also taught art at various institutions such as the California Institute of the Arts throughout his life. Among his many students were David Salle, Tony Oursler, Jim Shaw and Mike Kelley. While helping to shape the art world in Los Angeles, he simultaneously developed his own name as an artist.
In the 1950s, Baldessari’s works were primarily semiabstract paintings, but during the late 1960s, he began to distance himself from painting, as he bristled at the idea of limiting art to a single medium. Baldessari decided to take his career in a dramatically different direction. He burned all his paintings at a funeral home in San Diego, then incorporated the ashes into cookie dough, producing (nonedible) baked goods for an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
“It was a very public and symbolic act,” he said, “like announcing you’re going on a diet in order to stick to it.”
From that point on, Baldessari took on an MO of experimentation, dabbling in mediums from video to printmaking to sculpture. “I just stare at something and say: Why isn’t that art? Why couldn’t that be art?” he said in an interview in 2008.
The works for which Baldessari is most highly regarded, however, are striking collages of images and text — many of which are seemingly nonsensical — such as Tom’s Hand Grips the Steering, Wheel… (2015), in which the title’s text is displayed beneath a hippopotamus. As such is his body of work: bringing a sense of joviality to the sometimes too-serious world of Conceptual art.
Before he died in 2020, Baldessari was honored with the 2014 National Medal of Arts Award, the Americans for the Arts Lifetime Achievement Award, the Venice Biennale’s Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement and more.
Find original John Baldessari art on 1stDibs.
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: New York, NY
- Return PolicyThis item cannot be returned.
- From: You Are The WeatherBy Roni HornLocated in New York, NYTwo-color silkscreen on Arches, 20 x 24” (50,7 x 60,4 cm), in wooden frame, 20 3/4 x 24 3/4” (54,4 x 64,5 cm), printed by Atelier für Siebdruck, Lorenz Boegli, Zurich, Ed. 60/XX, sig...Category
1990s More Prints
MaterialsScreen
- My Pretty PonyBy Barbara KrugerLocated in New York, NY"My Pretty Pony" is a short story written by Stephen King and illustrated by the artist Barbara Kruger. It was the sixth publication in the Whitney Museum...Category
1980s Prints and Multiples
MaterialsScreen, Lithograph
- Hair BoxBy Richard ArtschwagerLocated in New York, NY"Hair Box," 1990 (for Parkett 23) Paint on rubberized hair, wood backing, 10 x 15 x 5” (25,4 x 38 x 13 cm), Ed. 100/XX, signed and numbered A material common...Category
1990s Prints and Multiples
MaterialsRubber, Paint
- RecordBy Peter Fischli & David WeissLocated in New York, NYCast Beracryl rubber, diameter 11 4/5” (30 cm), Ed. 120, signed and numbered “In appearance, the work of Fischli/Weiss is ironic and humorous; oscillating between game and joke, ...Category
1980s Prints and Multiples
MaterialsRubber
- UntitledBy Robert GoberLocated in New York, NY"Untitled", 1991 (for Parkett 27) Lithograph on newsprint with handtorn edges, printed on both sides and folded three times, hand-colored with coffee by the artist, 22 1/8 x 13 7/8” (56,7 x 35,4 cm), printed by Maurice Sanchez & Joe Petruzzelli, Derrière L’Etoile Studio, New York, Ed. 75/XXV unique pieces, signed and numbered Robert Gober...Category
1990s Prints and Multiples
MaterialsLithograph
- AIDS (Stamps)By General IdeaLocated in New York, NYOffset lithograph on perforated paper Edition of 200Category
1980s Prints and Multiples
MaterialsOffset, Lithograph
- Lincoln Center, Abstract Geometric Screenprint by Joyce KozloffBy Joyce KozloffLocated in Long Island City, NYUntitled, Lincoln Center by Joyce Kozloff, American (1942) Date: 1982 Screenprint, signed, numbered, and dated in pencil Edition of 38/144 Image Size: 2...Category
1980s Contemporary Abstract Prints
MaterialsScreen
- Night Reflections, rare 1960s abstract silkscreen, hand signed & numbered 17/100By Louise NevelsonLocated in New York, NYLouise Nevelson Night Reflections, 1968 Silkscreen on wove paper Hand signed by the artist in ink and graphite pencil on the lower right front and numbered 17/100 lower left Bibliogr...Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Prints
MaterialsScreen, Gel Pen, Pencil
- Jonas Wood, Holiday - 2018, Screenprint, Still Life, Signed PrintBy Jonas WoodLocated in Hamburg, DEJonas Wood (American, b. 1977) Holiday, 2018 Medium: Screenprint on Rising Museum Board Dimensions: 26.7 × 20.3 cm (10 1/2 × 8 in) Edition of 250: Hand-signed and numbered Condition:...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints
MaterialsScreen
- Signals - Screen Print by Leo Guida - 1970sBy Leo GuidaLocated in Roma, ITSignals is an artwork realized in the 1970s by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original screen print on cardboard Hand-signed on the lower left in penci...Category
1970s Contemporary Abstract Prints
MaterialsScreen
- Abstract Composition in Purple - Screen Print by V. Debach - 1970sBy Victor DebachLocated in Roma, ITAbstract composition in purple is a screenprint realized by Victor Debach in 1970s. 50x70 cm. Edition 23/100 Handsigned in pencil on the right lower margin. Excellent conditions.Category
1970s Op Art Abstract Prints
MaterialsScreen
- Bonne BayBy Frank StellaLocated in London, GBLithograph and screenprint in colours, 1971, on Special Arjomari paper, signed, numbered and dated in pencil, one of 12 artist’s proofs, aside from the standard edition of 58, publis...Category
1970s Abstract Prints
MaterialsScreen