John Baldessari: No Stone Unturned. Conceptual Photography
Cristiana Collu (Ed.)
Fondazione Querini Stampalia & Allemandi, 2025
€29,95
The volume No Stone Unturned – Conceptual Photography is a true journey into the revolutionary universe of John Baldessari. Conceived as the most extensive documentation of Baldessari’s work ever published in Italy, the book allows readers to explore the decisive moment at the end of the 1960s, when photography became the cornerstone of his conceptual practice. Richly illustrated, it gathers iconic works such as Commissioned Paintings (1969), Cremation Project (1970), Police Drawing (1971), and I will not make any more boring art (1971), alongside entire series including the Kissing Series, the Embed Series, the Binary Code Series, and the allegorical complexity of Blasted Allegories. Each page testifies to the artist’s ability to question the boundaries between language and image, authorship and interpretation, irony and critique. The critical essays not only provide precise interpretations of the works but also offer new perspectives on the role of photography, montage, and text in his practice, revealing the decisive impact Baldessari had on generations of artists and on contemporary art itself. Enriched with rare archival photographs, unpublished materials, and a rigorous scholarly apparatus, the book is both an authoritative reference and a visually captivating work. It is an indispensable monograph for art historians, students, collectors, and anyone wishing to engage with an artistic vision that transformed the way we see images.
ISBN: 9788842227441
