{"id":715,"date":"2016-07-11T20:42:14","date_gmt":"2016-07-11T20:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gsfineart.com\/gallery-news\/?p=715"},"modified":"2016-07-11T20:42:14","modified_gmt":"2016-07-11T20:42:14","slug":"wow-work-of-the-week-john-baldessari-person-on-horse-and-person-falling-from-horse-with-audience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsfineart.com\/gallery-news\/wow\/wow-work-of-the-week-john-baldessari-person-on-horse-and-person-falling-from-horse-with-audience","title":{"rendered":"WOW – Work Of the Week – John Baldessari “Person On Horse And Person Falling From Horse (With Audience)”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
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JOHN BALDESSARI<\/b><\/span>
\nPerson On Horse And\u00a0Person Falling From Horse (With Audience)<\/i><\/span>
\n2002<\/span>
\nChromogenic print on archival paper<\/span>
\n15\u00a01\/2 x 14\u00a01\/2 in.
\nEdition of 150<\/span>
\nSigned, dated and numbered in ink<\/span><\/p>\n

About This Work:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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Known as the Godfather of Conceptual Art,\u00a0John Baldessari has defied formalist categories by working in a variety of media \u2014 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.<\/p>\n

Born on June 17, 1931 in National City, CA, John Baldessari has been instrumental in the West Coast art scene.\u00a0His artwork has influenced a generation of conceptual artists like Cindy Sherman, Barbara Kruger, David Salle and many other\u00a0younger artists.<\/p>\n

He may be best known as the artist that \u201cPut dots over people\u2019s faces\u201d,\u00a0but through his diverse practice that includes paintings, sculpture, and installations, the artist shaped the Conceptual Art landscape.\u00a0By blending photography, painting, and text, Baldessari\u2019s work examined the plastic nature of artistic media while offering commentary on our contemporary culture.<\/p>\n

What John Baldessari does, is he fuses photography, montage, painting and text to create complex compositions that explore the several interpretations of cultural iconography.\u00a0He sources his wide range imagery from the larger visual world, primarily finding inspiration in advertising and film.<\/p>\n

This work,\u00a0Person On Horse And Person Falling From Horse (With Audience)<\/i>,\u00a0from the Intersection Series<\/i>, is a perfect example of the manner in which Baldessari deconstructs\u00a0found images of action and perception stereotypes of the mass media.<\/p>\n

This series features contrasting collaged images enclosed in rectangles and juxtaposed, each one with a different theme and title.\u00a0The superposition of several image sections results in a complete “cinematic” sequence: under the eyes of two applauding spectators a cowboy falls from his horse, while the Indians remains firmly in power.<\/p>\n

In order to subvert common associations, John Baldessari brings one\u2019s attention to minute details, absurd juxtapositions, and obscured or fragmented portions of such imagery. His artistic process focuses on the perception and interpretation of visual elements and text, while often employing irony to make playful assertions about how meanings and interpretations are formed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The\u00a0Intersection Series<\/i>\u00a0work blends photographic materials such as these film stills, which Baldessari takes out of their original context,\u00a0and rearranges their form.<\/p>\n

We have also attached a link to a video Called the \u201cHistory of John Baldessari\u201d.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

It is a 5 minute video narrated by muscian Tom Waits.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

It is very entertaining, informative, and very funny!!!\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Please have a look and enjoy!\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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