AMERICAN, b. 1931-2020

John Anthony Baldessari was a California conceptual artist known for his work featuring found photography and appropriated images.

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. He created thousands of works which demonstrate the narrative potential of images and the associative power of language within the boundaries of the work of art.