Accordionist (with Crowd)
Artist
John Baldessari
(American, 1931 - 2020)
Date1994
MediumLithograph
Dimensions47 × 40 in. (119.4 × 101.6 cm)
ClassificationsPrintmaking
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Escalette Endowment
Object number2009.10.2
Label TextJohn Baldessari (b. 1931) creates visual contradictions, mysteries, and games to push viewers to question how they see. Here, he uses stock photographs from newspapers, advertising, or old Hollywood films, covering all but one face with colored dots. Without the faces to focus on, other elements of the photograph become more prominent— the background, the stances, the empty spaces in between.["Paths and Edges" Exhibition]
Status
On viewLocation
- Moulton Hall (1 University Drive), Floor 2, 200B Hallway
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