John Baldessari Cremation Project

John Baldessari Cremation Project. John baldessari, cremation project, corpus wafers (with text, recipe and documentation), 1970, jar of cookies; John baldessari cremation project, 1970.

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Set of 6 photographs of the cremation event, fimensions. With the cremation project, john baldessari staked his place in the highly intellectualized space of 1960s and 70s conceptual art practice. In 1970, he decided to honour this reinvention by burning all of the paintings.

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John baldessari is renowned as a leading californian conceptual artist. John baldessari, conceptual art pioneer,. Set of 6 photographs of the cremation event, fimensions.

John Baldessari, The Cremation Project, 1970.


The stark machined repetitions created by the artist donald judd and the grids painted by agnes martin laid the groundwork for. Baldessari cremated all of his early paintings in 1970, gathering them in an urn, and then even released an obituary for them in the paper. In 1970, he decided to honour this reinvention by burning all of the paintings.

“Cremation Project” Por John Baldessari 1970 #Universopg


By 1970, conceptual art had established a place for itself in the art world. The same year a quote attributed to baldessari: Invariably any general article about baldessari, regardless of the type of publication, mentions the cremation project.

When He Emerged, In The Early 1960S, He Was Working In A Gestural Style.


The stark machined repetitions created by the artist donald judd and the grids painted by agnes martin laid the groundwork for. Baldessari made a bold statement in 1970. The entry for the cremation project in the first volume of the artist’s catalogue raisonné is by far the longest and most complex.

John Baldessari, The Cremation Project With Corpus Wafers (Version 2), 1970.


In 1970 baldessari burnt all of the paintings he had created between 1953 and 1966 as part of a new piece, titled the cremation project. John baldessari (1931) goya series: In 1970, baldessari orchestrated the cremation of his existing paintings produced prior to this conceptual shift, replete with official legal documents, a commemorative plaque, a notice in the newspaper, and cookies baked using the remaining ashes.

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