John Baldessari

21 Mar — 16 Aug 2020 at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm, Sweden

8 February 2020

John Baldessari, Raised Eyebrows/Furrowed Foreheads (Part One): (Blue Eyebrows), 2008 © The Estate of John Baldessari. Courtesy the Estate of John Baldessari and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York.

By combining and colliding the unexpected, the US artist John Baldessari (1931–2020), created conceptual works that raise questions regarding what art is, how art is made, and what art can look like. This is the first extensive exhibition of his oeuvre in Sweden.

After concluding in the 1960s that a photographic image or a text were more adequate expressions of his artistic intentions than painting, John Baldessari’s practice took a new direction. Baldessari has combined subjects from the imagery of popular culture with linguistic examinations, creating works that challenge artistic norms and boundaries.

Moderna Museet

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Location

Stockholm, Sweden

Founded in

1958

John Baldessari, Christmas (With Double Boy on Crutches), 1991 © The Estate of John Baldessari. Courtesy the Estate of John Baldessari and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York.

John Baldessari, Bird #1, 1962 © The Estate of John Baldessari. Courtesy the Estate of John Baldessari and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York.

John Baldessari, Pinky's Jewelry, 725. E. 8th Street, National City, Calif., 1996 © The Estate of John Baldessari. Courtesy the Estate of John Baldessari and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York.

John Baldessari, Christmas (With Double Boy on Crutches), 1991 © The Estate of John Baldessari. Courtesy the Estate of John Baldessari and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York.
John Baldessari, Bird #1, 1962 © The Estate of John Baldessari. Courtesy the Estate of John Baldessari and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York.
John Baldessari, Pinky's Jewelry, 725. E. 8th Street, National City, Calif., 1996 © The Estate of John Baldessari. Courtesy the Estate of John Baldessari and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York.

John Baldessari, Bird #1, 1962 © The Estate of John Baldessari. Courtesy the Estate of John Baldessari and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York.
John Baldessari, Pinky's Jewelry, 725. E. 8th Street, National City, Calif., 1996 © The Estate of John Baldessari. Courtesy the Estate of John Baldessari and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York.
John Baldessari, Christmas (With Double Boy on Crutches), 1991 © The Estate of John Baldessari. Courtesy the Estate of John Baldessari and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York.