John Baldessari, started his art career as a painter and started focusing on his photography, filming, and printmaking  in the mid 1960s. Some of his rules of photography were no white color, clear focus, and clear compositions. One of his most famous works, “Wrong”, was intentionally breaking those rules. This photo in Baldessari’s form of protest towards the “rules” that rule the art world. Without learning about the background or the hidden meaning of “Wrong”, this photo may just be a bad photo. The artistic intention of Baldessari brought this photo to another level.

Works Cited

Wrong. 1967. LACMA, collections.lacma.org/node/237769. Accessed 25 Aug. 2025.

“Wrong LACMA Collection.” LACMA, collections.lacma.org/node/237769. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.