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    John Baldessari singing Sol LeWitt 

    This video. It will bring you a smile :)

    Posted on Tuesday, June 5th 2012

    Tags sol lewitt conceptual art john baldessari sing

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    “A Brief History of John Baldessari” 

    The epic life of a world-class artist, jammed into six minutes. Narrated by Tom Waits.

    Commissioned by LACMA for their first annual “Art + Film Gala” honoring John Baldessari and Clint Eastwood.

    If you watch anything this afternoon, let it be this.

    Posted on Wednesday, May 30th 2012

    Tags john baldessari video tom waits

    The source was in the center of a huddled mass of giggling persons eating something on a pedestal; upon closer inspection what was revealed was a half-eaten head of Osama Bin Laden—served with American-flag cake plates and red cocktail napkins with violet lettering spelling out “MISSION ACCOMPLISHED”, along with a red-stained chef’s knife. Another disturbing factor was the gleeful smiles of people eating large slices while urging others to have some of Bin Laden’s symbolic head. Read it all: SFMOMA | OPEN SPACE

    The source was in the center of a huddled mass of giggling persons eating something on a pedestal; upon closer inspection what was revealed was a half-eaten head of Osama Bin Laden—served with American-flag cake plates and red cocktail napkins with violet lettering spelling out “MISSION ACCOMPLISHED”, along with a red-stained chef’s knife. Another disturbing factor was the gleeful smiles of people eating large slices while urging others to have some of Bin Laden’s symbolic head.

    Read it all: SFMOMA | OPEN SPACE

    Posted on Tuesday, February 21st 2012

    Tags osama bin laden sfmoma open space john baldessari cca wattis

    Source blog.sfmoma.org