John Baldessari - Pure Beauty | Tate

In the late 1960s John Baldessari was part of a group of West Coast American conceptual artists whose work was characterised by a deadpan wit. Based in Los Angeles since, he has become one of the most influential artists of his generation.
Making his name as a pioneer of conceptual art in the 1960s with his text and image paintings, Baldessari shocked the art world when he announced in a newspaper that he was cremating all the artworks he had produced between 1953 and 1966. He then turned his attention to photographic works often incorporating found film stills, trawling dumpsters for discarded material from which he created his famous photo-compositions.
This film was made in 2009 to accompany an exhibition at Tate Modern: John Baldessari - Pure Beauty.
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[@e.a.wtzipporah1192]

RIP John you where one of the best artist. And a genius.

[@jynxyouowemeasoda5066]

"I just try to look at different ways of looking. Just to get out of boredom" THATS A HARD VIBE

[@janethayes5941]

Art and artists. Constantly rearranging my concept of reality. And I'm so thankful.

[@pokd962]

I love this man

[@MichaelGordonPenn]

You made me smile with joy, thank you. I will say I feel your thoughts and I am moved by the ideas. Could it be you are making a tree grow out of my head? Thank you.

[@johnthehuman2740]

Off his rocker.

[@johnbrocato2274]

this man is pure genius

[@lisengel2498]

Found imagery is also an obvious way to celebrate that somehow we swim in images that opens Inter Landscapes of experience, dreaming and communicating with self and the world

[@bentolleson8582]

I love this man's mind.

[@viviana.luengo]

An artist!

[@LadyAlii]

❤️

[@lisengel2498]

Love talk - fun to listen to the thought that move with the experience of making art = Movement and change - and experience is always new - always in movement as an investigation of poetics of the living, now = and a certain feeling of beauty and mystery and pure presence

[@PhoebesWorldProductions]

Fascinating. 🙂

[@galabohemia]

love

[@lisengel2498]

Images are also notes of life -

[@namitachauhan6048]

Lis Engel that sums up the life of an artist.

[@roseagaatsz8403]

Pure ART 🖼 👀

[@cloudhair5921]

His film stills remind me of Patrick Pound

[@jeroendesterke9739]

A shame, that after so many years, CA still has to be considered THE place where new art - or ANY art - can come to the fore.

Baldessari said: "I will not make any more boring Art"

[@emilyrose4367]

[@zahinasameer3143]

3:22 4:21

[@QuicheAim]

John Malkovich sounds just like him it's uncanny

[@noonward]

who music?

[@Tate]

Thanks for watching. There are a number of music credits on this video, all listed at the end. Hope you find what you're looking for!

[@MrNoStereo]

What language did your dad speak?

[@cedarraine7829]

He would have been better off going and playing chess with Marcel. They were both frustrated with painting.

[@devinmichaelroberts9954]

so basically this is the guy that ruined american art for about 20 years hahaha. Thanks Tate!

[@richardthayer5907]

blah blah blah blah.......fart ferrari

[@enzocompanbadillo5365]

You again? Still hooked to the good, old painting, tradition, arent you?

[@nonstopdemo]

I love that you had to edit that comment, lol, what a fucking moron