329 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 32 cm
Other Title:
Pure beauty
Notes:
Title page appears on p. [11] Catalog of an exhibition held Oct. 13, 2009-Jan. 10, 2010 at Tate Modern, London ; Feb. 11-Apr. 25, 2010 at Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona ; June 27-Sept. 12, 2010 at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art ; and Oct. 17, 2010-Jan. 9, 2011at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-16) and index
Contents:
Foreword / Michael Govan Foreword / Vicente Todolâi Choosing (a game for two curators) / Jessica Morgan Art lesson: a narrative chronology of John Baldessari's life and work / Leslie Jones "No success like failure": deskilling and collaboration in the work of John Baldessari / Douglas Eklund Unreliable narrator / Russell Ferguson Art subjects: physiognomy without a face / John C. Welchman The petit cinâema of John Baldessari / David Salle What do you do? / Tim Griffin Uncovering the hidden / Rainer Fuchs Wunderkammer images / Friedrich Meschede Doubly detached, doubly immersed / Bice Curiger Holy holograms from Hollywood: John Baldessari's dialectic imagery / Marie de Brugerolle
