John Baldessari obituary

American conceptual artist who cremated all his paintings in 1970 and later effaced the images of public figures with stick-on dotsA recent episode of The Simpsons saw America’s favourite dysfunctional cartoon family take a step back in time. In one scene, the young Marge Simpson, a reporter on the Springfield Shopper, interviews a local conceptual artist about his change of subject from mouths to noses. “So,” rasps Marge, “you’ve moved into painting giant schnozzes