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The Artist Project

The Artist Project: John Baldessari

Artist John Baldessari reflects on Philip Guston's Stationary Figure in this episode of The Artist Project.
From March 2015 to June 2016, we invited 120 artists—local, national, and global—to choose individual works of art or galleries that sparked their imaginations. In this online series, artists reflect on what art is, what inspires them from across 5,000 years of art, and in so doing, they reveal the power of a museum and The Met.

"I think it's brilliant: making art look like it's not about skill."

Artist John Baldessari reflects on Philip Guston's "Stationary Figure" in this episode of The Artist Project—an online series in which artists respond to works of art in The Met collection.

About the Artist
John Baldessari, born in 1931, is an American conceptual artist.

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Stationary Figure, Philip Guston American, born Canada, Oil on canvas
Stationary Figure
Philip Guston
1973