The Arts :: John Baldessari Creates Celebrity Selfies for “Visionaire”
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* For Visionaire 64 ART, the limited-edition art and fashion publication, 30 celebrities put their selfies in the hands of legendary conceptual Artist John Baldessari. The portraits were printed in black and white on high-quality archival paper, then altered with embossed shapes and colors created by Baldessari. Co-founders Cecilia Dean and James Kaliardos of Visionaire 64 ART, brainstormed with Baldessari at his Venice Beach studio and conceived of an issue comprised of self-portraits (aka “selfies”) transformed into art with Baldessari’s “color interventions”. Dean commended, “Self-portraiture has existed since mankind’s earliest visual records. And, now we live in an age of self-celebration and constant surveillance in which nearly everyone carries some form of camera. It seems ironic and hilarious that an artist so famous for putting dots over people’s faces would devote an issue to the technology that celebrates face-time.”
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