John Baldessari helped kick the conceptual art movement into high gear in the 1960s, when he started incorporating photography and text into his paintings. Later he became fond of setting himself a task (“Throw three balls in the air to get a straight line”) and documenting the results. In 1970 at Los Angeles’ Cal Arts he typed out some 100 instructions for his students to open up their own art-making. On the occasion of Baldessari’s time at California College of the Arts this spring as a visiting instructor, his graduate students take the artist’s suggestions as their... More >>>