Tag Archives: John Baldessari

Hiroshi Sugimoto. Selections from the Lightning Fields series, 2009. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Sep 12, 2011

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Sep 12, 2011

In this week’s roundup, Mel Chin commemorates 9-11, Hiroshi Sugimoto creates art with lightning, Mike Kelley delves into Superman, Oliver Herring throws art parties, Kiki Smith creates with paper, and …
Louise Bourgeois. "Conscious and Unconscious," 2008.

Art21 New York Close Up

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Jul 18, 2011

Art21 New York Close Up

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Jul 18, 2011

In this week’s roundup, Louise Bourgeois’s first show in Brazil, Fred Wilson inspires ‘artist as curator’ exhibition, Laurie Anderson’s short talk, and more. There’s still time to see art by Louise …

Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print

Ink | The Possibilities of Paper Pulp

by Nicole Simpson | Jul 8, 2011

Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print

Ink | The Possibilities of Paper Pulp

by Nicole Simpson | Jul 8, 2011

For this month’s edition of Ink, guest writer Nicole Simpson fills in for regular columnist Sarah Kirk Hanley. — Ed. During these hot days of summer, visions of ice cream, …
Kalup and Franco. Turn It Up EP, 2011. Courtesy of Dutty Artz.

Art21 New York Close Up

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Jun 13, 2011

Art21 New York Close Up

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Jun 13, 2011

In this week’s roundup, NYCU’s Kalup Linzy teams up with James Franco, Barry McGee is featured, Trenton Doyle Hancock does all he can in Atlanta, Shahzia Sikander pays a tribute to …
Doris Salcedo. Plegaria Muda, 2008-2010.

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | May 30, 2011

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | May 30, 2011

In this week’s roundup, Doris Salcedo evokes memorials, Cao Fei explores play time, several artists are celebrated and more. Doris Salcedo: Plegaria Muda unveils the newest sculptural work by Doris …

Sustain Ability

by Rebecca Leopold | May 5, 2011

Sustain Ability

by Rebecca Leopold | May 5, 2011

Thoughts, to an artist, writer, or any individual who wants to live thoughtfully Influence. The personal narration that comes with cinematic fiction, the fragmentary staccato of poetry or song, the …

How to Explain Sherrie Levine to Your Grandmother

by Alex Freedman | Apr 15, 2011

How to Explain Sherrie Levine to Your Grandmother

by Alex Freedman | Apr 15, 2011

Museums have spent millions on art education trying to reach out to the young and elderly. But if you have a grandmother like mine, the kind who, despite a PhD …

Sampling the Document or Documenting the Sample: An Interview with Banu Cennetoglu

by Alex Freedman | Mar 11, 2011

Sampling the Document or Documenting the Sample: An Interview with Banu Cennetoglu

by Alex Freedman | Mar 11, 2011

Banu Cennetoglu’s website has read “meşgul/busy” since the summer. And even after four months of emails, having never meet in person, Banu Cennetgolu is still a source of fascinating mystery …

Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print

Ink | A Print World Compendium: IPCNY Celebrates Ten Years

by Sarah Kirk Hanley | Mar 4, 2011

Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print

Ink | A Print World Compendium: IPCNY Celebrates Ten Years

by Sarah Kirk Hanley | Mar 4, 2011

In 1995, a group of print-world professionals and collectors based in New York joined forces to establish a non-profit organization that would be “dedicated to the appreciation and understanding of …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Absolutely Uncertain

by Joe Fusaro | Mar 2, 2011

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Absolutely Uncertain

by Joe Fusaro | Mar 2, 2011

Since you can’t swing a cat without hitting a picture of Charlie Sheen at this point, I thought I’d choose a classic for today’s column. I mean, Art21 shouldn’t be …
Black Kites, 1997

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Jan 10, 2011

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Jan 10, 2011

In this week’s roundup, Gabriel Orozco arrives at the Tate, John Baldessari wants your name in lights, Stockholder, Orozco and Koons display a new object-ivity, Carrie Mae Weems wants us …

Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print

Ink | Parts of a Whole: John Baldessari’s Prints

by Sarah Kirk Hanley | Jan 7, 2011

Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print

Ink | Parts of a Whole: John Baldessari’s Prints

by Sarah Kirk Hanley | Jan 7, 2011

Over the past couple of years, the art world has been ebulliently celebrating the work of conceptualist John Baldessari – a well deserved paean to this highly influential and groundbreaking …

John Baldessari’s “Your Name in Lights”

by Nettrice Gaskins | Jan 7, 2011

John Baldessari’s “Your Name in Lights”

by Nettrice Gaskins | Jan 7, 2011

You.  Got to have flash and flare or your name in lights, right?! Well, John Baldessari aims to make it happen.  He is looking for people who want their name …

On View Now

On View Now | The Spaces Between: John Baldessari at the Metropolitan Museum

by Max Weintraub | Jan 6, 2011

On View Now

On View Now | The Spaces Between: John Baldessari at the Metropolitan Museum

by Max Weintraub | Jan 6, 2011

Every so often, there comes along a retrospective exhibition or mid-career survey that puts to rest whatever doubts I may have had as to where a particular artist sits in …
John Baldessari x-mas

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Dec 20, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Dec 20, 2010

Just in time for the holiday season, this week’s roundup brings to you plenty of news, including last-minute gift ideas such as President Obama’s children’s book homage to Maya Lin, …

Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print

Ink | Notes from Underground: William Powhida

by Sarah Kirk Hanley | Dec 4, 2010

Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print

Ink | Notes from Underground: William Powhida

by Sarah Kirk Hanley | Dec 4, 2010

The contemporary art fair Art Basel Miami Beach takes place this week, bringing with it a flurry of activity.  In the spirit of participation, Ink is dedicated this month to …

Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports.

Center Field | Is Locale Needed? Netart in the Midwest

by Nicholas O'Brien | Nov 23, 2010

Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports.

Center Field | Is Locale Needed? Netart in the Midwest

by Nicholas O'Brien | Nov 23, 2010

Since moving away from Chicago this past summer, I’ve seen how Chicago and the Midwest have influenced my work, as well as  my work ethic. The spirit of experimentation and …
Trenton Doyle Hancock

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Oct 4, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Oct 4, 2010

In this week’s roundup, Cai Guo-Qiang at MFA Houston, Julie Mehretu at the Metropolitan Opera, Oliver Herring at Meulensteen, Trenton Doyle Hancock at Dunn and Brown Contemporary, and much more! …

Looking at Los Angeles

Looking at Los Angeles: Summer Love

by Catherine Wagley | Sep 9, 2010

Looking at Los Angeles

Looking at Los Angeles: Summer Love

by Catherine Wagley | Sep 9, 2010

Last weekend, I stopped at a red light and rolled forward into the intersection to turn right. I didn’t see the pedestrian who was about to cross, and came frighteningly …
John Baldessari, 'The backs of all the trucks passed while driving from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara...', photography, 1963. Courtesy a-n.

Looking at Los Angeles

Baldessari 2.0: Jumping the Lobster

by Lily Simonson | Jul 22, 2010

Looking at Los Angeles

Baldessari 2.0: Jumping the Lobster

by Lily Simonson | Jul 22, 2010

Upon entering Pure Beauty at LACMA, I overheard a fellow museum-goer tell his companion, “That’s cool — it looks like a lot of my iPhone pictures.”  The viewer was responding …
BMW Art Car, Jeff Koons

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Jul 13, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Jul 13, 2010

Back after a two-week hiatus Art21 blogger Nettrice R. Gaskins takes the Weekly Roundup baton, so to speak.  In this week’s roundup you’ll read about Cindy Sherman wall decals, crying, …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jun 29, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jun 29, 2010

In this week’s roundup you’ll read about a retrospective in the Golden State, a pack of wolves in Singapore, a dreamy gift in Berlin, de-monumentalisation in Italy, Oprah culture the …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | May 31, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | May 31, 2010

Work by Season 4 duo Allora & Calzadilla is currently on view at the Aspen Art Museum in the exhibition Restless Empathy. The exhibition examines the process of entering the …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Test-Driving the New Season 5 Educators’ Guide: John Baldessari and Juxtaposition

by Joe Fusaro | Mar 10, 2010

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Test-Driving the New Season 5 Educators’ Guide: John Baldessari and Juxtaposition

by Joe Fusaro | Mar 10, 2010

Within the first few pages of the season 5 Educators’ Guide, readers are asked to think about the power and influence of juxtaposing images in order to give the viewer …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Mar 8, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Mar 8, 2010

In today’s roundup you’ll read about three kids in Switzerland, political defiance, Latin American photography, a map upstate, Opera House sails, the nature of light, and airborne balls: The Family, …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Feb 15, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Feb 15, 2010

This President’s Day roundup begins with a hotly debated exhibition and ends with a divine duo: The New Museum has announced the details of their exhibition Skin Fruit: Selections from …

Art21 Extended Play

John Baldessari | Recycling Images

by Wesley Miller | Feb 12, 2010

Art21 Extended Play

John Baldessari | Recycling Images

by Wesley Miller | Feb 12, 2010

DOWNLOAD VIA ITUNES | SUBSCRIBE VIA RSS While sifting through boxes of film stills in his Santa Monica studio, artist John Baldessari talks about being a pack rat and discusses …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

A Little Heads-Up

by Joe Fusaro | Feb 10, 2010

Teaching with Contemporary Art

A Little Heads-Up

by Joe Fusaro | Feb 10, 2010

Art classrooms are often noisy places. In college they sometimes make a u-turn and become silent morgues where students wait patiently in cold studios for individual crits, but in general, …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Feb 1, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Feb 1, 2010

In this week’s roundup you’ll read about two anniversary exhibitions, 6,000 shapes upstate, masterworks in the Midwest, some road trip souvenirs, a whole lotta prints, and a sale you won’t …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jan 18, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jan 18, 2010

Sports, the human body and Gap t-shirts come together in this MLK day weekly roundup: Sports and masculinity are central themes of Hard Targets, an exhibition at Ohio State University’s …
Ida Appelbroog, "Group A #9", 1969. Ink on paper, 10 5/8" x 8 1/4". Courtesy Hauser & Wirth.

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jan 11, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jan 11, 2010

This week Art21 artists depict nether regions, play with light and space, bundle and fuse old toys, mirror the dandy, reimagine rooftops, photograph electricity, and display cookie cutters by the …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jan 4, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jan 4, 2010

This week Art21 artists illustrate NASA’s history, depict child’s play, map the Black Atlantic, render galaxies in glass, leave their mark on the last decade, and reflect on our future: …

Art21 Extended Play

Art21 “Exclusive” Video, Year 2

by Wesley Miller | Dec 15, 2009

Art21 Extended Play

Art21 “Exclusive” Video, Year 2

by Wesley Miller | Dec 15, 2009

What a year it’s been! We’re taking a look back at the 42 Exclusive videos that premiered here on the Art21 Blog, and subsequently on YouTube and iTunes. We hope …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Dec 7, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Dec 7, 2009

In this week’s roundup of Art21 artist news you’ll read about a forty-million dollar art collection in Las Vegas, a major exhibition of work by Korean and Korean American artists, …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Nov 30, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Nov 30, 2009

In this week’s roundup, Art21 artists play with fire, sign new books, design stained glass, collage basketballs, create new films, and pop up in Miami Beach exhibitions: Carl Solway Gallery …

Letter from London

Letter from London: Remember, remember…

by Ben Street | Nov 23, 2009

Letter from London

Letter from London: Remember, remember…

by Ben Street | Nov 23, 2009

In a recent interview in the New Yorker, artist-of-the-moment Urs Fischer said something about how art and memory work together. I can’t remember the exact quote. It was something about …