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Beach Scene / Nuns / Nurse (with Choices)

John Baldessari
1991

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Twenty-eight black-and-white television still photographs arranged in the shape of a lowercase "e." Each photograph depicts a person looking at something, which the direction of their gaze traced in pale blue arrows. These arrows direct the form of the spiral of images.

John Baldessari

A Movie: Directional Piece Where People are Looking, 1972

Three rows of four photographs each showing the artist in a khaki shirt. The artist has altered his image in each photograph by lengthening or darkening his hair and beard, shifting his hairline, or increasing the contrast between his eyebrows and skin.

John Baldessari

Portrait: (Self) #1 as Control + 11 Alterations by Retouching and Airbrushing, 1974

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