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John Baldessari [1931-0] American
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Artist


John Anthony Baldessari is an American conceptual artist known for his work featuring found photography and appropriated images. He lives and works in Santa Monica and Venice, California.
Initially a painter, Baldessari began to incorporate texts and photography into his canvases in the mid-1960s. In 1970 he began working in printmaking, film, video, installation, sculpture and photography. 

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I go back and forth between wanting to be abundantly simple and maddeningly complex.
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It's human desire to be understood. And we always feel we're not understood.
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I could never figure out why photography and art had separate histories. So I decided to explore both.
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That word 'funny' always makes me feel uncomfortable. Because if I were trying to be funny, I would be something like Bill Wegman - he really tries to be funny. I don't try to be funny. It's just that I feel the world is a little bit absurd and off-kilter, and I'm sort of reporting. Funny
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I guess I get bored easily, and thank God. I don't want to all my life pound only the same key, although some artists do it very effectively. I'm not trying to denigrate anybody.
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When I went to art school, I was just having fun. I realised that was the last chance I had, and then I would have to get a job. Chance
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