Bait from Some Narrow Views: (Either Tall or Wide)

American Conceptual artist John Baldessari was born in National City, California, in 1931, and grew up in the midst of the Great Depression. At age eighteen, he enrolled at San Diego State University (previously San Diego State College), earning both his BA in art education 1953 and his MA in painting in 1957. After a professor of the University took leave for an illness, Baldessari served as a substitute for one term. His skill as a teacher led him to teach sporadically for the next several years, while experimenting with his own art and practice. He joined the faculty of the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California, from 1970 to 1988, before going on to teach at the University of California at Los Angeles from 1996–2007. Some of his most notable students include Eric Fischl, Tony Oursler and David Salle.

National City, United States