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JOHN BALDESSARI – Signed & Numbered Photograph ” Stuck on a Bridge “

Gelatine silver print (B/W photograph).

Hand-signed and numbered along the edge by John Baldessari.

Limited edition of 120.

Publisher : Texte zur Kunst, Berlin.

Two trucks stand head-to-head on a narrow bridge, locked in a duel with no way forward. A work by California-based conceptual artist John Baldessari plays with the tension of an unresolved narrative. The title suggests a story that the image itself does not reveal, leaving the viewer to complete the scene in their imagination.

Frozen in time, the photograph resembles a film still, yet it functions as a “Still Film”, unfolding in the viewer’s mind.

Baldessari’s work operates at the intersection of pre-existing imagery and personal interpretation, highlighting the role of mass media in shaping visual perception and structuring collective imagination. By utilizing found images and reframing them within new contexts, he exposes the ways in which visual culture dictates reality, influencing how we perceive confrontation, deadlock, and impasse. The scene of two trucks/ stuck on a bridge, becomes a powerful metaphor for stalemate and mutual paralysis, resonating far beyond its simple composition.

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