This exhibition was definitely worth the £8.50 admission fee. Admittedly I did not know much about John Baldessari's work, however was really impressed by both the work and the curation of the exhibition.
The exhibition starts with his earliest work, and progresses throughout in chronological order. The structure allows the viewers to see the development in Baldessari's work visually,
assisted by the wall of informative text in every section. There was such a wealth of impressive work its hard to pin down what pieces stood out for me. In general I was greatly inspired by his black and white photographic work.
Throughout, there was so much information about Baldessari's processes and introspection, that I had to write it down to take it in:
'He took snapshots of the city without looking through the viewfinder or attempting to compose the image, to circumvent making aesthetic decisions'
'A friend of mine who taught painting had all his students stand on one foot only (in front of their easels) while painting. He believed that if the student was physically off balance a new sense of order would emerge in their work.'
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