John Baldessari Interview: Art is Who I Am

“I never liked to be called a Los Angeles artist.” Meet conceptual artist John Baldessari (), who many describe as a cultural symbol and the grandmaster of the Los Angeles art scene. “My perception of the city is very ugly. But that’s attractive too. It’s very seductive.” In this interview John Baldessari reflects upon his long artistic career, his beginning and cultural influences, and why in the 1960’s he gave up painting for mixing the narrative potential of photographic images with the ass