Mel Bochner

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Regarded as one of the most influential and successful pioneers of Conceptual art, Mel Bochner analyses the relationship between language and physical space and colour through his text-based paintings – examples of his work include the display of expletives and derogatory words in soft, pastel tones such as pink, while writing complimentary words in a sludgy brown or soiled black to elicit subverted feelings within his audience.

« I can see where I’ve really accomplished something
or where I didn’t quite make it. »
Mel Bochner

Crazy (With Background Noise)

Limited Edition Print - Screen-print

EUR 9,000

One of Bochner’s most celebrated works is a series of thesaurus-based paintings featuring a wall full of synonyms for one word, created with the intention of inspiring a viewer to think about the language that they use and the meaning that words can hold.

« The viewer should enter the idea through a visual or phenomenological experience rather than simply reading it. »
Mel Bochner

Bochner has been incredibly vocal about his need to use a range of different materials and approaches throughout his career as a means of fulfilling his expression and creativity; he explained this in detail in an essay titled "The Medium and the Tedium." (Artist website)

United States / male artist / Lettrism / Postminimalism / Generative Art / Process Art / Conceptual art

ARTWORKS BY Mel Bochner

Mel Bochner

Oh Well, 2019

Limited Edition Print

Mixed Media

EUR 12,000

Mel Bochner

Crazy (With Background Noise) , 2018

Limited Edition Print

Screen-print

EUR 9,000

Mel Bochner

Untitled, 1990

Limited Edition Print

Screen-print

Currently Not Available

Mel Bochner

Vanishing Point, 1992-1993

Limited Edition Print

Etching And Aquatint

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Mel Bochner

White Island, 1985

Limited Edition Print

Aquatint

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Mel Bochner

Day's Cove, 1985

Limited Edition Print

Aquatint

Currently Not Available

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Mel Bochner

Blah Blah Blah + Background Noise #80, 2013

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Mel Bochner

12'' X 3'', 1997

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Mel Bochner

Couples, 1996

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What is Lettrism?

Lettrism is an art form which uses letters, words and symbols to create an artwork. The art form was popularized in the 1950s in America, but was established in 1940s Paris. Lettrisme is the French spelling of the movement, and the French word for letter.

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