1989
John Baldessari
With Gloss, Contradictions, Argument and Decent
John Baldessari
With Gloss, Contradictions, Argument and Decent, 1989
Vinyl paint on 2 gelatin-silver prints, 243.8 x 152.4 cm
Collection Fotomuseum Winterthur, acquisition made possible by the "Jedermann Collection" donors' group
2006-146-001
© John Baldessari
With Gloss, Contradictions, Argument and Decent, 1989
Vinyl paint on 2 gelatin-silver prints, 243.8 x 152.4 cm
Collection Fotomuseum Winterthur, acquisition made possible by the "Jedermann Collection" donors' group
2006-146-001
© John Baldessari
b. 1931 (National City, US) – 2020 (Los Angeles, US)
The conceptual artist John Baldessari worked with visual mass media since the late 1960s. Using cut-ups and paint, he combined and adapted found visual and textual materials, honing their narratives in his own ways. In his portfolio work Some Narrow Views (Either Tall or Wide) Baldessari selects rectangular or square formats into which are placed a single film still with specific words beneath, thereby opening up the images to new meanings and interpretations.