John Baldessari : The space between / with essays by Russell Ferguson, Hans Ulrich Obrist, David Salle, and Barbara Bloom; portrait by Catherine Opie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baldessari, John, 1931-2020, artist.

Contributor:

Ferguson, Russell, Writer of supplementary textual content.

Obrist, Hans Ulrich, Writer of supplementary textual content.

Salle, David, 1952- Writer of supplementary textual content.

Bloom, Barbara, 1951- Writer of supplementary textual content.

Opie, Catherine, 1961- photographer.

Monika Sprüth Philomene Magers Galerie, host institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baldessari, John, 1931-2020--Exhibitions.

Baldessari, John.

Baldessari, John, 1931-2020.

Genre:

exhibition catalogs.

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

107 pages : illustrations, color portrait ; 24 x 26 cm

Place of Publication:

[Berlin, Germany] : Sprüth Magers, [2021]

Summary:

The Space Between celebrates John Baldessari's final painting series, thirty paintings on canvas that explore the gaps in meaning between word and image, foreground and background, photography and painting, and presence and absence. Quintessentially Baldessarian in their witty, sometimes absurd pairings of objects and text, they feature imagery from film stills and found photographs, partially covered by gestural fields of white and black paint that direct our attention to particular elements in each scene, while obscuring others. Certain themes reveal themselves across the series, including body parts, gestures, and tools. Simultaneously banal, surprising and poignant, Baldessari's last series beautifully encapsulates the thrust of his artistic project as a whole: To explore the amorphous spaces between things, people and ideas.The book features essays by Russell Ferguson, curator, author and professor in the Department of Art at University of California, Los Angeles; Hans Ulrich Obrist (curator, critic and artistic director at Serpentine Galleries, London; and artists Barbara Bloom and David Salle, along with a portrait by artist Catherine Opie. Text: Russel Ferguson, Hans Ulrich Obrist, David Salle, Barbara Bloom. Exhibition: Sprüth Magers, Los Angeles, USA (12.06 - 11.09.2021).

Notes:

Catalog of an exhibition held June 12 - September 11, 2021 at the Sprüth Magers Gallery in Los Angeles.

Limited run of 1500 copies.

Local Notes:

On the occasion of an echibition held at the Sprüth Magers, Los Angeles, June 12 - September 11, 2021.

ISBN:

9783960988304

3960988303

OCLC:

1295404289