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A TWO-DIMENSIONAL SURFACE WITHOUT ANY ARTICULATION IS A DEAD EXPERIENCE

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Look at the subject as if you have never seen it before. Examine it from every side. Draw its outline with your eyes or in the air with your hands, and saturate yourself with it.

John Baldessari

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Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them. With Major Major it had been all three. Based on quote from Shakespeare, Twelfth Night Act II, scene v: Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em.
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John Baldessari

John Baldessari
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Born: June 17, 1931
Died: January 2, 2020 (aged 88)
Bio: John Anthony Baldessari was an American conceptual artist known for his work featuring found photography and appropriated images.
Known for:
  1. Cremation Project, Corpus Wafers (With Text, Recipe and Documentation) (1970)
  2. Goya Series: And (1997)
  3. Wrong (1967)

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