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John Baldessari (b. 1931) Back to John Baldessari in UbuWeb Film Six Colorful Inside Jobs (1971) In "Six Colorful Inside Jobs" he draws a parallel between a double process of life and creation. The video shows a room being painted in six different colors, each color of the spectrum corresponding to a day of the week. This work, which started as a performance/installation, integrates the artist as a comic figure faced with contemporary history‹that of American painting‹and shifts his function toward that of a house painter. Through this form of irony, Baldessari shows to what extent instruments and materials help him define the subtle limits between art and work, art and life. RESOURCES: This UbuWeb resource is presented in partnership with Art Torrents This UbuWeb resource was edited by Stephen McLaughlin UbuWeb Film | UbuWeb PennSound | Artmob | EPC | WFMU