Born 1931
John Baldessari is an American conceptual artist who lives in Santa Monica, California.
Baldessari taught at the California institute of arts in Valencia until 1990 and is currently a professor of art and teaches at the UCLA.
John Baldessari has a unique style of conceptual art whereby he adds hand painted colour to photographs almost as if he is applying a censorship to the figures and objects within those photographs.
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