It doesn’t get bigger than John Baldessari. The 79-year-old, six-foot-seven, bearded icon has had a huge influence on contemporary art since he emerged on the LA scene in the 70s. Although originally a painter, he burned all his work in Cremation Project in 1970 and drastically reinvented what an artist could be. He was a pioneer of the conceptual, working with text, performance, video and photography in then unknown ways – he even made pointing at a carrot an artwork, and turned movie stills into dissections of masculinity. Alongside his own work, his Post-Studio Art class at CalArts gave birth to artists including Mike Kelley and Jack... article continues »
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