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Thursday, May 17, 2012

What Every Young Artist Should Know

Of all the influential artists you've never heard of, John Baldessari is, if not the most influential, at least the tallest. Famous for putting dots on people's faces, the 80-year-old native of National City, Calif. stands at a whopping 6 feet, 7 inches. He's so tall he needs peepholes specially made for him, as one was, for the door to his studio. He's so tall, he has tallness-related thoughts about other tall people, like Clint Eastwood. Outside of his height, there are other interesting things to know about Baldessari. That his WiFi password is 123456789B, for instance, or that he's the kind of famous person who'd share his WiFi password with everyone.

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