John Baldessari – No Stone Unturned. Le opere in mostra

 

SALA 1 / HALL 1

Cremation Project, 1970
Bronze urn (with ashes) in shape of a book, bronze plaque, affidavit on board, and six color photographs
Estate of John Baldessari

 

PORTEGO

Kissing Series: Natalie. Nose Touching Things, 1975
Three black-and-white photographs
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Kissing Series: Susan. Nose Touching Things, 1975
Three black-and-white photographs mounted on board
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Kissing Series: Susan. Nose Touching Building; Palm Frond, 1975
Two black-and-white photographs mounted on board
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Two Slices, 1966–67
Left: Cut canvas
Right: Photographic emulsion on linen
Private Collection

Commissioned Painting: A Painting by Patrick X. Nidorf O.S.A., 1969
Acrylic and oil on canvas
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1121 East Second Street, National City, Calif., 1996/2011
Varnished archival print on canvas with oil paint
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Commissioned Painting: A Painting by George Walker, 1969
Acrylic and oil on canvas
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The Artist Hitting Various Objects with a Golf Club, 1972-1973
Thirty color photographs
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Trying To Roll A Hoop In A Perfect Circle (Best Sequence 216 Frames), 1972-1973
Nine black-and-white photographs and graphite on wall
Estate of John Baldessari

I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art, 1971
Black-and-white video, sound
31’:17’’
Electronic Arts Intermix – Estate of John Baldessari

Fugitive Essays (With Piranha), 1980
One color photograph, two black-and-white photographs, with graphite on wall
Estate of John Baldessari

 

SALA 2 / HALL 2

Two Birds (Feeding): Playthings/Nature/Passer-by/Money (with Lamp), 1992
Two black-and-white photographs with oil tint; four color photographs mounted on Masonite
Estate of John Baldessari

Teaching a Plant the Alphabet, 1972
Black-and-white video, sound
18’:40’’
Electronic Arts Intermix – Estate of John Baldessari

Pangram Series: Pack my Box with Five Dozen Liquor Jugs, 1976
Thirty-two black-and-white photographs
Ringier Collection, Switzerland

Blasted Allegories: Diagonal Red Despair (First Poem), 1977-78
Black-and-white photographs, colored adhesive, ink marker, paint marker and pencil on board
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Landscape with Lamps (One Black), 1990
Three black-and-white photographs with oil tint and vinyl paint
Ringier Collection, Switzerland

Blasted Allegories (Yellow Journalism): With Real Life Oblique, 1978
Black-and-white and color photographs with paint marker and pencil on board
Estate of John Baldessari

Blasted Allegories (Black And White Sentence): Gray, Ajar, Acronym, 1978
Black-and-white photographs, color photograph, paint marker, colored adhesive, and pencil on board
Estate of John Baldessari

Blasted Allegories (Colorful Sentence): Bolt Bares Base, 1978
Color photographs with paint marker, colored adhesive, and pencil on board
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Blasted Allegories (Colorful Sentences): … Draw Shadow, 1978
Black-and-white and color photographs with paint marker and pencil on board
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Blasted Allegories (Colorful Sentence): … Attempt Boring. (Nothing but Blue Skies Do I See), 1978
Black-and-white and color photographs with paint marker, colored adhesive, and pencil on board
Estate of John Baldessari

Blasted Allegories (Colorful Equation): Carefully Weighed Words with Grey Definition, 1978
Black-and-white and color photographs with paint marker, colored adhesive, and pencil on board
Estate of John Baldessari

Blasted Allegories (Colorful Rebus): Entrance (Real) Over Cornered Evil And Electricity Over Everything, 1978
Black-and-white and color photographs with paint marker and pencil on board
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Blasted Allegories (Colorful “Rebus”): … Across Beeline, 1978
Black-and-white and color photographs with paint marker, colored adhesive, and pencil on board
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Blasted Allegories (Colorful Sentence): Upward Surprise…, 1978
Black-and-white and color photographs with paint marker and pencil on board
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Blasted Allegories (Colorful Phrase): As in, North by Northwest, 1978
Black-and-white and color photographs with paint marker, colored adhesive, and pencil on board
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Blasted Allegories: Nine Overhead Sentences Underfoot And Underground, 1977-1978
Black-and-white photographs, color photograph, paint marker, ink, and pencil on paper
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Blasted Allegories (Colorful Sentence): Closing Pen Cold Fact, 1978
Black-and-white and color photographs with paint marker and pencil on board
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Blasted Allegories (Colorful Sentence): … Surly Swoon, 1978
Black-and-white and color photographs with paint marker, colored adhesive, and pencil on board
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Blasted Allegories: One Slanted Line (Under My Skin And Over Building), 1977-1978
Black-and-white photographs, color photograph, ink marker and pencil on paper
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Choosing (A Game for Two Players): Asparagus, 1971-1972
Thirteen color photographs mounted on board
Private Collection, Zurich
Mai 36 Galerie

 

SALA 3 / HALL 3

Six Colorful Inside Jobs, 1977
16mm color film, silent
32’:53’’
Electronic Arts Intermix – Estate of John Baldessari

 

SALA 4 / HALL 4

Sunlight: Venice, June 15-23, 02 (Room 116), 2002
Twenty-four color Polaroid photographs on paper
Estate of John Baldessari

Vanitas Series: Cool (Short Depth of Field), Bubbles/Flashlight, Books, 1981
One color photograph and on black-and-white photograph
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Vanitas Series: Key, Watch, Skull (Version #2)/Warm (Short Depth of Field), Bubbles, Wineglass/Plum Branch, Calculator, 1981
Two black-and-white photographs and color photograph
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EPHEMERA (still missing)

 

SALA 5 / HALL

Police Drawing, 1971
Conté crayon on paper, three black-and-white photographs, and video (“Police Drawing,” black and white, sound; 23’:09’’)’
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Biased and Cutting Remark—Half Cup of Coffee (Growing Larger but Keeping Distance), 1978
Color photographs on board
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Violent Space Series: Four Spectators To Fight Arranged By Position In Scene, 1976
Four black-and-white photographs on board
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Two Gestures /Two Glances, 1976
Black-and-white photographs mounted on black board
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Strobe Series/Futurist: Girl with Flowers Falling from Mouth (for Botticelli) (Version 1), 1975
Color photograph
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Action / Reaction Series (Synchronized): Putting Down A Cup, 1975
Twelve black-and-white photographs
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Binary Code Series: Woman with Cigarette. Up/Up Down/Down Up/Down Down/Up (Yes/Yes No/No Yes/No No/Yes), 1974
Eight black-and-white photographs mounted on museum board
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The Telephone Call, 1977
Three color Polaroid photographs with ink marker and paint marker
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Pathetic Fallacy Series: Valiant Knife, 1975
Black-and-white photograph mounted on museum board
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SALA 6 / HALL 6

I Am Making Art, 1972
Black-and-white video, sound
18’:40’’
Electronic Arts Intermix – Estate of John Baldessari

Three T.V. Sentences (Version 2), 1976
Three black-and-white photographs with ink on paper
Estate of John Baldessari

T.V. Series: 1 Wk. of T.V. Every 10 Min. Ea. Channel from 11 A.M. in Los Angeles Starting Aug 23, 1976, 1976
Seven black-and-white photographs on board
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Scenario (Scripts) (Version A), 1972-1973
Seven black-and-white photographs on board
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Scenario: Storyboard (Version A), 1972-1973
Acrylic felt-tip pen and wax pencil on acetate film over six black-and-white photographs and five color photographs on board
Estate of John Baldessari

Top View Series: Where Things Are (Ken’s And Shelley’s Diagrams), 1975
Two black-and-white photographs and graphite on paper mounted on board, in two parts
Estate of John Baldessari

 

SALA 7 / HALL 7

Two Mouths (With Hands): Passers-by/Beach (with Person)/Confrontation, 1992
Two black-and-white photographs; four color photographs mounted on Masonite
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Line of Force (Ball and Hand), 1972/2011
Eight black-and-white photographs and graphite on wall
Estate of John Baldessari

Palm Tree in the Wind: A Charting of Its Movement, 1972-1973
Black-and-white photograph with acrylic grid overlay, mounted on board
Estate of John Baldessari

Embed Series: Cigar Dreams (Fingerprint And Cloud), 1974
Black-and-white photograph and color photograph on retouched black-and-white photograph
Estate of John Baldessari

Binary Code Series: Glasses. Female/Female Male/Male Female/Male Male/Female, 1974
Eight color photographs on board
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Table Photographed In Seven Parts With One Section In Color (Violet), 1976
Six black-and-white photographs and one color photograph
Estate of John Baldessari

Strobe Series/Futurist: False Bird. Path of Flight (For Balla) (Version 2), 1975
Four black-and-white photographs
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Six Alternate Skies For L.A., 1972-1973
Six color photographs and six black-and-white photographs with grease pencil on board
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Bird/Plane/Bird, 1971
Three black-and-white photographs
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SALA 8 / HALL 8

Various Doors, 1990
Four black-and-white photographs with oil tint and vinyl paint From left to right:
Private Collection, Berlin

Clue Series: Torn Postcard. Imperial Beach Pier, 1973
Eight color photographs on board
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Clue Series: Torn Postcard. Notre Dame, 1973
Seventeen color photographs
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Photos That Belong Together (Ketchup Bottle Pair), 1976
Two black-and-white photographs
Estate of John Baldessari

 

SALA 9 / HALL 9

Car Color Series: 1968 Volvo, Dirty And Polished, 1976/2011
Two color photographs
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Flying Saucer: Rainbow/Two Cyclists/Dog/Gorilla and Bananas/Chaotic Situation/Couple/Tortoise/Gunman(Fallen), 1992
Three black-and-white photographs, eight color photographs (cutout photos mounted on Masonite), with acrylic paint
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Flaw (with Rider), 1990
Colour photographs with vinyl paint
Sprüth Magers

Photos That Belong Together (Inside and Outside of Studio), 1976
Two black-and-white photographs
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RIVA BOTTA

A Brief History of John Baldessari, 2012
5’:54’’
Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman / Supermarché