Six Colorful Inside Jobs

John Baldessari, Six Colorful Inside Jobs, 1977, 16mm film on video, color, silent; 32:53 minutes, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2013.74, © 1977 John Baldessari. Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix, NY

Artwork Details

Title
Six Colorful Inside Jobs
Date
1977
Location
Not on view
Copyright
© 1977 John Baldessari. Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix, NY
Credit Line
Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
Mediums
Mediums Description
16mm film on video, color, silent; 32:53 minutes
Classifications
Highlights
Subjects
  • Figure — full length
  • Architecture Interior
  • Occupation — art — painter
Object Number
2013.74

Works by this artist (5 items)

John Baldessari, Teaching a Plant the Alphabet, 1972, single-channel video, black and white, sound; 18:40 minutes, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by the Ford Motor Company, 2007.33.7, © 1972 John Baldessari. Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix, NY
Teaching a Plant the Alphabet
Date1972
single-channel video, black and white, sound; 18:40 minutes
Not on view
John Baldessari, Walking Forward-Running Past, 1971, single-channel video, black and white, sound; 12:45 minutes, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by the Ford Motor Company, 2007.33.8, © 1971 John Baldessari. Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix, NY
Walking Forward-Running Past
Date1971
single-channel video, black and white, sound; 12:45 minutes
Not on view
John Baldessari, Six Colorful Inside Jobs, 1977, 16mm film on video, color, silent; 32:53 minutes, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2013.74, © 1977 John Baldessari. Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix, NY
Six Colorful Inside Jobs
Date1977
16mm film on video, color, silent; 32:53 minutes
Not on view
John Baldessari, Ed Henderson Reconstructs Movie Scenarios, 1973, single-channel video, black and white, sound; 24:04 minutes, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by the Ford Motor Company, 2007.33.6, © 1973 John Baldessari. Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix, NY
Ed Henderson Reconstructs Movie Scenarios
Date1973
single-channel video, black and white, sound; 24:04 minutes
Not on view

Exhibitions

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Watch This! New Directions in the Art of the Moving Image (3.0)
April 30, 2013February 15, 2015
Watch This! New Directions in the Art of the Moving Image is a series of rotating exhibitions drawn from SAAM’s permanent collection.

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David Haxton, Vertical and Receding Lines, 1974, 16mm film, black and white, silent; 05:30 minutes, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 2011.15.2, © 1974, David Haxton
Vertical and Receding Lines
Date1974
16mm film, black and white, silent; 05:30 minutes
Not on view
Hans Breder, Quanta, 1967, single-channel video, color, silent; 03:46 minutes, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 2013.50.4, © 1967, Hans Breder
Quanta
Date1967
single-channel video, color, silent; 03:46 minutes
Not on view
Eureka
Date1974
16 mm Plus-X print, black and white, silent; 30:00 minutes
Not on view
Carolee Schneemann, Viet Flakes, 1965, 16mm film transferred to video, toned black & white, sound; 07:00 minutes, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by the Ford Motor Company, 2008.21.9, © 1965 Carolee Schneemann Foundation. Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix, NY
Viet Flakes
Date1965
16mm film transferred to video, toned black & white, sound; 07:00 minutes
Not on view