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Two colour silkscreen on coated paper. Signed, dated and numbered to lower right. Published by Two Palms Press, Inc., New York, New York to benefit for Downtown For Democracy; Printed by Keigo Takahashi and Alison Sahmel, Two Palms Press, Inc., New York, New York Kick Against the Pricks by Mel Bochner, created in 2018, is a two-color silkscreen that blends bold typography with conceptual provocation. Printed on coated paper in a limited edition of 30, the work features the phrase in dripping, blue-on-blue letters, suggesting resistance and agitation. The phrase itself—biblical in origin—has been co-opted in punk and countercultural contexts, aligning with Bochner's interest in language as material. Layers of repeated "BLAH" in the background reinforce the artist’s critique of empty rhetoric and cultural noise. This piece continues Bochner’s exploration of the power and absurdity of words in contemporary society.
Kick Against the Pricks, 2018
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Two colour silkscreen on coated paper. Signed, dated and numbered to lower right. Published by Two Palms Press, Inc., New York, New York to benefit for Downtown For Democracy; Printed by Keigo Takahashi and Alison Sahmel, Two Palms Press, Inc., New York, New York Kick Against the Pricks by Mel Bochner, created in 2018, is a two-color silkscreen that blends bold typography with conceptual provocation. Printed on coated paper in a limited edition of 30, the work features the phrase in dripping, blue-on-blue letters, suggesting resistance and agitation. The phrase itself—biblical in origin—has been co-opted in punk and countercultural contexts, aligning with Bochner's interest in language as material. Layers of repeated "BLAH" in the background reinforce the artist’s critique of empty rhetoric and cultural noise. This piece continues Bochner’s exploration of the power and absurdity of words in contemporary society.
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