john baldessari interview

Really interesting interview with John Baldessari. his current exhibition (at Tate Modern till January) is very good. as follows---

' The Los Angeles-based artist John Baldessari (b.1931) made his name as a pioneer of conceptual art in the 1960s with his text and image paintings. After cremating most of the work he had produced between 1953 and 1966, he began to make photographic works, often incorporating film stills, as well as videos, many of which have become icons. At the forefront of his imagery has been an interest in written and visual language, and his status as a teacher is legendary. But where did it all come from? Here, he talks to the curator of Tate Modern's forthcoming retrospective of his work. '

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