John Baldessari
53rd Venice Biennale 2009
June 7 through November 22, 2009
John Baldessari will be awarded this year's Golden Lion of the Venice Biennale for his lifetime achievement. The award will be presented to John Baldessari on the 6th of June by Dr. Daniel Birnbaum, director of the Städelschule in Frankfurt and head of the 53rd International Art Exhibition in Venice. Works by the artist will be included in this year's Biennale exhibition ‘Making Worlds' curated by Dr. Birnbaum. The 78-year-old conceptual artist, championing wit and intellect, altered the language of contemporary art by breaking boundaries of media-specificity when he seamlessly combined text, photography, and painting.
