John Boskovich

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia   John S Boskovich December 8 1956 September 24 2006 was an artist writer filmmaker and teacher Boskovich was raised in the San Fernando Valley an only child John attended Notre Dame High School Boskovich graduated from USC and then earned an MFA at California Institute of the Arts where he was a student of John Baldessari a conceptual artist who became a mentor While attending CalArts Boskovich simultaneously earned a law degree at Loyola Law School although he never practiced law In the late 1980s Boskovich cowrote and directed Without You Im Nothing a onewoman offBroadway show starring actress and comedienne Sandra Bernhard He also directed the subsequent 1990 film version He later went on to direct North a 2001 film which featured artist and writer Gary Indiana reading from LouisFerdinand Célines novel of the same name As an artist Boskovich was indebted to the Dadaists and used found objects photography handwritten and typeset texts as well as audio sources to create witty sharpedged social commentary From 1988 to 1999 Boskovich exhibited at the Rosamund Felsen Gallery now in Bergamot Station in Santa Monica CA A 1994 show entitled Rude Awakening was inspired by his friendship and work with the band Rude Awakening which included one of his friends bassist Robert Calkin aka Robert Ryder The bands logo was included in many of his works He also did the photography for their Headbutter EP using a technique he originated that incorporated video television and polaroid cameras In the mid1990s Boskovich taught at Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles He curated several shows of his students works at Rosamund Felsen Boskovich died at his home on September 24 2006 aged 49 from undisclosed causes Description above from the Wikipedia article  John Boskovich licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia