"Art making is a form of alchemy, in a way, because you are trying…to make gold from nothing. When it works very well is when you manage to turn the ordinary into the extraordinary."
"I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art" (1971)
"I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art," 1971
VHS, 13 minutes 13 seconds
© John Baldessari
Courtesy the artist
VHS, 13 minutes 13 seconds
© John Baldessari
Courtesy the artist
"Conceptualism doesn’t really describe what I do. If somebody wants to use that term, it’s fine, but I’d prefer a word that’s broader and better. I’m really just an artist."
-John Baldessari
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