Since the mid-1960s, John Baldessari (° 1931 National City) has been regarded as one of the most influential artists in the United States. Unlike most American artists who moved to New York, Baldessari continued to live in Los Angeles. As a result, his work can also be read as a personal approach to West Coast glamor.

With his videos, photographs, installations and collages, he was one of the founders of conceptual art. In his work he investigates the perception, meaning and interpretation of things in an ironic way. He repeatedly asks himself how you can influence the reading of an image so that an ambiguous interpretation becomes possible.

This oeuvre catalog of  ‘Prima Facie’ has been published on the occasion of the exhibition at the Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens from 17/09/2006 to 03/12/2006.

Since the mid-1960s, John Baldessari (° 1931 National City) has been regarded as one of the most influential artists in the United States. Unlike most American artists who moved to New York, Baldessari continued to live in Los Angeles. As a result, his work can also be read as a personal approach to West Coast glamor.

With his videos, photographs, installations and collages, he was one of the founders of conceptual art. In his work he investigates the perception, meaning and interpretation of things in an ironic way. He repeatedly asks himself how you can influence the reading of an image so that an ambiguous interpretation becomes possible.

This oeuvre catalog of  ‘Prima Facie’ has been published on the occasion of the exhibition at the Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens from 17/09/2006 to 03/12/2006.