Oral history interview with John Baldessari
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 4 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 8 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hr., 3 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Baldessari, John, 1931-
label: Creator
content: Knight, Christopher, 1950-
label: Names
content: California Institute of the Arts -- Faculty
topic: label: Occupation
content: Conceptual artists -- California -- Los Angeles -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Conceptual art
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives' Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics, and others. Funding for this interview was provided by the Lannan Foundation.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Baldessari, John, 1931-
label: Creator
content: Knight, Christopher, 1950-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: John Baldessari (1931- ) is a conceptual artist of Los Angeles, California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 83 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1992 April 4-5
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.baldes92
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript available on line
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of John Baldessari conducted 1992 April 4-5, by Christopher Knight, for the Archives of American Art
label: Scope and Contents
content: This interview was conducted at the artist's studio in Santa Monica, California, 1992 April 4. Baldessari discusses his education; his teaching career; twenty years of teaching at the California Institute of the Arts from its inception in 1970; the development of his work; photo-emulsion pieces and text and image pieces; the art scene in Los Angeles during the 1960's; exhibitions; and his relationship with various dealers.