Baldessari Sings LeWitt

John Baldessari

1972 | 00:12:50 | United States | English | B&W | Mono | 4:3 | 1/2" open reel video

Collection: Early Video Art, Single Titles

Tags: Art Criticism, Conceptual Art, Humor, Performance, Video History

"One of Baldessari’s most ambitious and risky efforts. Seated and holding a sheaf of papers, he proceeds to sing each of Sol LeWitt’s 35 conceptual statements to a different pop tune, after the model of Ella Fitzgerald Sings Cole Porter. What initially presents itself as humorous gradually becomes a struggle to convey Lewitt’s statements through this arbitrary means."

—Helene Winer, “Scenarios/Documents/Images,” Art in America 61 (March 1973)

An excerpt of this title (4:00) is also available on Surveying the First Decade: Volume 1.

This title was in the original Castelli-Sonnabend video art collection.

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