Author: Baldessari, John (and) Jessica Morgan (and) Leslie Jones
Title: Pure Beauty
Description: Munich, Los Angelas County Museum of Art, 2010. 1st. Hardcover. Beige cloth hardcover book with silver text on the spine and cover. A mylar cover over a glossy white dust jacket with a text-focused cover. The front and back free end pages are black. (2), 3-329, (2) pp. There are more than two hundred true-tone illustrations. Contains fold-out poster created exclusively for this hardcover edition. Published on the occasion of the exhibition "John Baldessari: Pure Beauty," which was organized by Tate Modern and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. From his early text-and-image paintings to his more recent photo collages and installations, Baldessari has continued to make art that addresses the social impact of mass culture, often playfully through strategies of appropriation and deconstruction. Baldessari’s lifelong interest in language, written and visual, and the interaction between the two, raises questions about the nature of communication and perception. More than 400 illustrations are presented in full colour in this monograph published in conjunction with a major exhibition organised by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Tate Modern in London. Eleven essays by critics, curators, art historians, and an artist and former student of Baldessari’s round out this volume. Few contemporary artists have achieved the range and relevance of Baldessari’s oeuvre, which is finally given its due in this elegant retrospective book. VG+/VG+ almost new .

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