TV Generations

Cranston, Meg

Los Angeles Contemporary

<p>As ludic and nonauthoritarian as John Baldessari’s art, this new monograph on the “father of conceptual art” is dedicated to his practice as an artist and a teacher, and the many ways in which they intertwine. Having been trained as an arts educator, John Baldessari (born 1931) is renowned for his work as much as for his innovative class at CalArts, Los Angeles, where he has formed many generations of artists and helped shape the West Coast art scene. Organized alphabetically, <i>Learning to Read with John Baldessari</i>―which accompanies a retrospective at Museo Jumex, Mexico City―includes an essay on the artist’s approaches to art-making and teaching; a biography of the artist as a teacher; artworks reproduced thematically; and stories and anecdotes from former students such as Liz Craft, Ed Henderson, Matt Mullican, Tony Oursler and David Salle, about their years at CalArts.</p>

Learning to Read with John Baldessari

Arts & Photography

Bickerton, Ashley

Salle, David

Mullican, Matt

González, Julieta

Welling, James

Oursler, Tony

Hammonds, Kit

Craft, Liz

History & Criticism

JRP|Ringier

John Baldessari: While Something Is Happening

Diederichsen, Diedrich

Baldessari, John

Weski, Thomas

Photography & Video

Verlag De Buchhandlung Walter

Meg Cranston's work often combines text and imagery from popular culture. With Kippenberger-esque energy and wit, Cranston investigates anthropological and physical issues in sculpture, installation, painting and drawing. Recent shows have featured, for instance, drawings and sculptures of bad teeth and their imagined physiognomic significance, a large composite photograph of an average-size American and a performance about the life of Marvin Gaye. This first monograph on Cranston's work includes texts by Carole Ann Klonarides and Tirdad Zolghadr, as well as an interview with the artist by Nico Israel. Published with Artspace, Auckland, New Zealand. Meg Cranston has shown internationally since 1988. She has been the recipient of a New School of Social Research Faculty Development Grant, an artist grant from the Penny McCall Foundation, a Guggenheim Fellowship and a faculty research grant from the Center for Asian American Studies at UCLA.

Meg Cranston: Hot Pants in a Cold Cold World

Zolghadr, Tirdad

Butler, Brian

Israel, Nico

Klonarides, Carol Ann

Individual Artists

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