这本精美的书籍是约翰•巴尔代萨里（生于1931年）作品目录项目的第三本，汇编了这位有影响力的概念艺术家从1987年到1993年创作的400多件独特的艺术作品。在这里，我们看到了这位艺术家以照片为基础的大型作品，其中许多作品采用了他标志性的彩色圆盘，这些圆盘被涂抹在照片中人的脸上。这些作品附有说明文字，描述了Baldessari的拼贴照片作品在达到成熟和精湛的过程中，他的作品的变化和发展。

Briony Fer撰写的一篇评论文章对所选作品进行了仔细解读，介绍了这一时期Baldessari艺术的历史背景。除了详细的年表、完整的展览历史和参考书目之外，本书还特别收录了此前未曾公开的巴尔代萨里和艺术家埃德•鲁沙（Ed Ruscha）之间的对话，这场对话是专门为这本出版物而进行的。在对话中，两位艺术家谈论了他们在南加州的早期职业生涯以及他们的作品共同关注的主题。

本书中的艺术作品展示了Baldessari在单件作品的范围内表达（在许多情况下，结合）图像的叙事潜力和语言的联想力量的能力。
A comprehensive look at works made by Baldessari between the years 1987 and 1993

This handsome volume, the third of the John Baldessari (b. 1931) catalogue raisonné project, compiles 400-

plus unique works of art made by the influential conceptual artist from 1987 through 1993. Here we see the artist’s large-scale photo-

based works, many of which employed his signature colored discs painted over the faces of people in the photos, accompanied by entries that trace the shifts and developments in Baldessari’s work as his collaged photo narratives achieved maturity and mastery.

A critical essay by Briony Fer provides a close reading of selected works, giving historical context for Baldessari’s art from this period. In addition to a detailed chronology, complete exhibition history, and bibliography, this volume notably features a previously unpublished conversation between Baldessari and the artist Ed Ruscha, which was undertaken specifically for this publication. In the conversation, the artists discuss their early careers in Southern California and the shared thematic concerns in their work.

The artworks in this volume demonstrate Baldessari’s ability to express—and, in many cases, combine—

the narrative potential of images and the associative power of language within the boundaries of a single piece.