The most comprehensive volume to date on the legendary California artist who has successfully challenged and engaged his audience for more than four decades A major figure in contemporary art, John Baldessari is widely considered one of the most influential artists to emerge since the mid-1960s. More than 150 of Baldessari's works are presented in full colour in this monograph published in conjunction with a major exhibition at Tate Modern and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Eleven essays by critics, curators, art historians and former students round off this volume. Unique to the deluxe hardback edition of the exhibition catalogue are three kinds of paper, a dust-jacket with French-fold and a tipped-in poster. AUTHOR: Jessica Morgan is Curator of Contemporary Art at Tate Modern. Leslie Jones is Associate Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. She has worked at the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of Art, and is a regular contributor to Art on Paper. Essays by: Brice Curiger, Marie de Brugerolle, Douglas Eklund, Russell Ferguson, Rainer Fuchs, Tim Griffin, Leslie Jones, Friedrich Meschede, Jessica Morgan, David Salle, and John C. Welchman ILLUSTRATIONS 400 colour illustrations *

Author Biography

JESSICA MORGAN is Curator of Contemporary Art, Tate Modern, London. LESLIE JONES is Associate Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.