Special Projects
2000-Present
2011
PA, 2011
PA (Zurich) no. 3, 2011. Magazine consisting of a collaborative project with Naomi Shohan. Includes text by Jessica Morgan and an email conversation with John Baldessari, Amy Cappellazzo, and Naomi Shohan.
The First $100,000 I Ever Made, 2011
Billboard at 10th Avenue and 18th Street, High Line Park, New York, NY, from December 2 – 30, 2011. Commissioned by Friends of the High Line.
A -> B, 2011
Collaborative project with Shana Lukter, included in: “Two Schools of Cool,” Orange County Museum of Art. Newport Beach, CA, October 9, 2011 – January 22, 2012.
2010
Hand Grasping a Spider, 2010.
Cover design for Art & Australia (Sydney) vol. 48, no. 2, Summer 2010 (December, January, Februrary).
Self-Portrait (with Brain Cloud), 2010.
Created for The New Yorker, October 18, 2010, p. 43.
In Still Life 2001-2010, 2001/2010
iPhone/iPad app, produced by Bettina Korek, presented by ForYourArt.
http://in-still-life.com/index.php
W/Studio 54 Series, 2010
Created for CUT Beverly Hills restaurant, Beverly Hills, CA. Opened June 23, 2010.
Nose/Ear, 2010
Banner created for BCAM at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Foot and Stocking Series, 2010
Created for Esopus 14: Projects (New York), 2010.
Ringier Annual Report 2009, 2010
Zurich: JRP|Ringier, 2010. Layout and design for a financial report, also published as an artist’s book, Parse (Zurich: JRP|Ringier, 2010).
2009
Brain/Cloud, 2009
Sculpture created for the travelling exhibition “John Baldessari: Pure Beauty,” beginning at the Tate Modern, London.
Ocean and Sky (with Two Palm Trees), 2009
Created for the International Building façade, “La Biennale di Venezia: 53. Exposizione Internazionale d’Arte: Fare Mundi,” Venice, Italy.
No More Boring Art, 2009
Plane-driven banner presented as part of “Beaufort 03” group exhibition at Kunstmuesum Aan Zee, Ostende, Belgium.
BRICK BLDG, LG WINDOWS W/ XLENT VIEWS, PARTIALLY FURNISHED, RENOWNED ARCHITECT, 2009
Installation created for the Museum Haus Lange. Krefeld, Germany.
2008
Three Government Personnel (One Blonde) Considering and/or Deciding, 2008
Print created for Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies (FAPE), published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, CA.
2007
Untitled, 2007
Created for Artists’ Handbook. Ghent, Belgium: Ludion, 2007, p. 29.
2006
Some Los Angeles Freeways (As Ceiling), 2006
Some Magritte Clouds (As Floor), 2006
Wallpaper and carpet created for the exhibition “Magritte and Contemporary Art: The Treachery of Images.” Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles. Los Angeles, CA, November 19, 2006 - March 4, 2007.
Huyghe, Pierre. One Year Celebration, Vol 1. Paris: Onestar Press, 2006. Features specially designed posters by 48 artists.
2005
From the Movies: Female Portrait: (Pleased); Male Portraits: (Distressed, Amused, Dauntless, Concerned, Annoyed, Hostile, Overwrought, Cautious, Cruel, Frightened),2005.
Created for Another Magazine (London) no. 9, Autumn-Winter 2005, pp. 25–37.
2004
Log Cabin, Deer, and Two Figures (One with Baby Bottle), 2004
Created for The New Yorker, July 26, 2004, p. 72. Accompanies fiction by Annie Proulx, "Man Crawling Out of Trees."
2003
17 Reasons: Some Temporary Interventions Around the Mission District in SF, 2003
From 14th and 24th street, between Mission and Guerrero Streets. JB’s LEARN TO READ posters affixed to walls, November 9 - December 14, 2003. Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
There Not Here, 2003
Poster created for Utopia Station, a collaborative project between Molly Nesbit, Hans Ulrich Obrist, and Rirkrit Tiravanija for the 2003 Venice Biennale. B&W offset poster on matte paper.
2001
Earthquake, 2001
Installation at Venzone, Udine (outdoor site), Friulia Venezia Giulia, Italy. Repeated red and black pictograph printed on white paper, affixed to crumbled stone wall.
READ/WRITE/THINK/DREAM, 2001
Library entrance for the Geisel Library, University of California, San Diego. A commissioned work for the Stuart Collection.
Still Life: Choosing and Arranging, 2001
An interactive web-based project for the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Digital Gallery. Project launched on June 11,2001 for the inauguration of the Digital Gallery.http://www.moca.org/museum/digital_gallery.php?flash=1&
Intersect: Gorilla With Group (Yellow), 2001
Created for Lettre International (Berlin), Winter 2001, p. 24.
2000
Five 1968 films (New), 2000
An installation for the exhibition "Quartett," Kunsthalle Basel. Basel, Switzerland, September 9 - November 12, 2000. A group exhibition organized by Peter Pakesch with work by John Baldessari, Ilya Kabakov, Joseph Kosuth and Michelangelo Pistoletto.
Specimen (After Dürer), 2000
A commissioned work for the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA.
Smile (with Hair and Moustache), 2000
A billboard project for the "Projekt Fassade" exhibition at Secession, Vienna, Austria, February 28 - October 16, 2000. Billboard installed March 13 - March 26, 2000.
http://www.baldessari.org/special_proj.htm
PA, 2011
PA (Zurich) no. 3, 2011. Magazine consisting of a collaborative project with Naomi Shohan. Includes text by Jessica Morgan and an email conversation with John Baldessari, Amy Cappellazzo, and Naomi Shohan.
The First $100,000 I Ever Made, 2011
Billboard at 10th Avenue and 18th Street, High Line Park, New York, NY, from December 2 – 30, 2011. Commissioned by Friends of the High Line.
A -> B, 2011
Collaborative project with Shana Lukter, included in: “Two Schools of Cool,” Orange County Museum of Art. Newport Beach, CA, October 9, 2011 – January 22, 2012.
2010
Hand Grasping a Spider, 2010.
Cover design for Art & Australia (Sydney) vol. 48, no. 2, Summer 2010 (December, January, Februrary).
Self-Portrait (with Brain Cloud), 2010.
Created for The New Yorker, October 18, 2010, p. 43.
In Still Life 2001-2010, 2001/2010
iPhone/iPad app, produced by Bettina Korek, presented by ForYourArt.
http://in-still-life.com/index.php
W/Studio 54 Series, 2010
Created for CUT Beverly Hills restaurant, Beverly Hills, CA. Opened June 23, 2010.
Nose/Ear, 2010
Banner created for BCAM at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Foot and Stocking Series, 2010
Created for Esopus 14: Projects (New York), 2010.
Ringier Annual Report 2009, 2010
Zurich: JRP|Ringier, 2010. Layout and design for a financial report, also published as an artist’s book, Parse (Zurich: JRP|Ringier, 2010).
2009
Brain/Cloud, 2009
Sculpture created for the travelling exhibition “John Baldessari: Pure Beauty,” beginning at the Tate Modern, London.
Ocean and Sky (with Two Palm Trees), 2009
Created for the International Building façade, “La Biennale di Venezia: 53. Exposizione Internazionale d’Arte: Fare Mundi,” Venice, Italy.
No More Boring Art, 2009
Plane-driven banner presented as part of “Beaufort 03” group exhibition at Kunstmuesum Aan Zee, Ostende, Belgium.
BRICK BLDG, LG WINDOWS W/ XLENT VIEWS, PARTIALLY FURNISHED, RENOWNED ARCHITECT, 2009
Installation created for the Museum Haus Lange. Krefeld, Germany.
2008
Three Government Personnel (One Blonde) Considering and/or Deciding, 2008
Print created for Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies (FAPE), published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, CA.
2007
Untitled, 2007
Created for Artists’ Handbook. Ghent, Belgium: Ludion, 2007, p. 29.
2006
Some Los Angeles Freeways (As Ceiling), 2006
Some Magritte Clouds (As Floor), 2006
Wallpaper and carpet created for the exhibition “Magritte and Contemporary Art: The Treachery of Images.” Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles. Los Angeles, CA, November 19, 2006 - March 4, 2007.
Huyghe, Pierre. One Year Celebration, Vol 1. Paris: Onestar Press, 2006. Features specially designed posters by 48 artists.
2005
From the Movies: Female Portrait: (Pleased); Male Portraits: (Distressed, Amused, Dauntless, Concerned, Annoyed, Hostile, Overwrought, Cautious, Cruel, Frightened),2005.
Created for Another Magazine (London) no. 9, Autumn-Winter 2005, pp. 25–37.
2004
Log Cabin, Deer, and Two Figures (One with Baby Bottle), 2004
Created for The New Yorker, July 26, 2004, p. 72. Accompanies fiction by Annie Proulx, "Man Crawling Out of Trees."
2003
17 Reasons: Some Temporary Interventions Around the Mission District in SF, 2003
From 14th and 24th street, between Mission and Guerrero Streets. JB’s LEARN TO READ posters affixed to walls, November 9 - December 14, 2003. Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
There Not Here, 2003
Poster created for Utopia Station, a collaborative project between Molly Nesbit, Hans Ulrich Obrist, and Rirkrit Tiravanija for the 2003 Venice Biennale. B&W offset poster on matte paper.
2001
Earthquake, 2001
Installation at Venzone, Udine (outdoor site), Friulia Venezia Giulia, Italy. Repeated red and black pictograph printed on white paper, affixed to crumbled stone wall.
READ/WRITE/THINK/DREAM, 2001
Library entrance for the Geisel Library, University of California, San Diego. A commissioned work for the Stuart Collection.
Still Life: Choosing and Arranging, 2001
An interactive web-based project for the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Digital Gallery. Project launched on June 11,2001 for the inauguration of the Digital Gallery.http://www.moca.org/museum/digital_gallery.php?flash=1&
Intersect: Gorilla With Group (Yellow), 2001
Created for Lettre International (Berlin), Winter 2001, p. 24.
2000
Five 1968 films (New), 2000
An installation for the exhibition "Quartett," Kunsthalle Basel. Basel, Switzerland, September 9 - November 12, 2000. A group exhibition organized by Peter Pakesch with work by John Baldessari, Ilya Kabakov, Joseph Kosuth and Michelangelo Pistoletto.
Specimen (After Dürer), 2000
A commissioned work for the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA.
Smile (with Hair and Moustache), 2000
A billboard project for the "Projekt Fassade" exhibition at Secession, Vienna, Austria, February 28 - October 16, 2000. Billboard installed March 13 - March 26, 2000.
http://www.baldessari.org/special_proj.htm