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Mel Bochner Mixed Media

American, b. 1940

Mel Bochner experimented with a range of styles before finding his eventual success as a pioneer in Conceptual art. An audacious 1966 show at School of Visual Arts (SVA) in Manhattan that he presented, “Working Drawings and Other Visible Things on Paper Not Necessarily Meant to Be Viewed as Art,” remains a seminal touchstone for Conceptualism.

Bochner was born to a Pittsburgh sign painter in 1940. While attending the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon) in the late 1950s, he studied color theory and modernist movements as well as classical drawing, a balance that was formative in his career. After graduation, he moved to San Francisco, creating paintings influenced by Clyfford Still and Jean Dubuffet.

It wasn’t until Bochner “found his way out of the labyrinth of late Abstract Expressionism,” as he put it to The Brooklyn Rail, that he began to create his most meaningful work. Following a stint auditing philosophy classes after a friend introduced him to the work of Heidegger, Bochner relocated to New York, finding work as a guard at the Jewish Museum. In Manhattan, he ran in the same circles as Dan Flavin, Brice Marden and Donald Judd.

“One of the conversations going on in New York in the late ’60s was about the relationship of the object to the art experience,” Bochner said. “...Younger artists like myself were talking about what it would mean to eliminate the object altogether.” This idea would become the foundation of the Conceptual movement, in which Bochner was instrumental. The artist is probably best known for his text-focused paintings, including a series that plays with the phrase “Blah Blah Blah.” He produces work that regards art as an experience, rather than an object, centering on the process of creation and viewership as opposed to the finished product.

Bochner’s “Working Drawings and Other Visible Things on Paper Not Necessarily Meant to Be Viewed as Art” featured drawings, notes and outlines from the likes of Milton Glaser, Carl Andre, Sol LeWitt and others as well as pages from Scientific American. Bochner, then an art history professor at SVA, photocopied the assemblage of works, added them to binders and positioned them on pedestals for the exhibition because the show’s organizers lacked the funds to frame the pieces.

Bochner’s works can be found in the collections of many major museums, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art.

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Artist: Mel Bochner
Blah, Blah, Blah (Limited Edition face mask with Bochner's most famous text)
By Mel Bochner
Located in New York, NY
Brand new in original sealed packaging (not shown) - never opened MEL BOCHNER Blah, Blah, Blah Limited Edition Mask, 2021 Machine washable lightweight fabric with three layers of pro...
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2010s Pop Art Mel Bochner Mixed Media

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Textile, Cotton, Screen, Mixed Media

Scoundrel
By Mel Bochner
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Bochner, Mel Title: Scoundrel Date: 2011 Medium: Monoprint with collage, engraving and embossment on hand-dyed Twinrocker handmade paper Unframed Dimensions: 12" x 9" Fr...
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2010s Contemporary Mel Bochner Mixed Media

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Monoprint, Engraving

Mel Bochner 'Blah Blah Blah' Unique work, 2023
By Mel Bochner
Located in New York, NY
Mel Bochner 'Blah Blah Blah' Unique work, 2023 is signed in pencil on front by the Artist. This mono print is a one-of-kind unique work by Mel Bochner. Mel Bochner is recognized as...
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2010s Mel Bochner Mixed Media

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Oil, Acrylic, Pigment

Easy Difficult
By Mel Bochner
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Oil and mixed media, unique monoprint
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2010s Contemporary Mel Bochner Mixed Media

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Scoundrel
By Mel Bochner
Located in Boston, MA
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Located in New York, NY
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2010s Mel Bochner Mixed Media

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Oil, Acrylic, Pigment

Mel Bochner 'Is This It?' Cast and Pigmented Paper, 2023
By Mel Bochner
Located in New York, NY
'Is This It?' by Mel Bochner is a one of a kind piece made of Cast, Pigment, and Handmade paper. The three dimensional letters cover the brightly colored composition. Perhaps best kn...
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2010s Mel Bochner Mixed Media

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Blah, Blah, Blah
By Mel Bochner
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Artist: Bochner, Mel Title: Blah, Blah, Blah Date: 2019 Medium: Monoprint with collage, engraving and embossment on hand-dyed Twinrocker paper Unframed Dimensions: 23" x 31" Fra...
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2010s Contemporary Mel Bochner Mixed Media

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Going Out of Business
By Mel Bochner
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Bochner, Mel Title: Going Out of Business Series: Going Out of Business Date: 2011 Medium: Monoprint with oil paint in colors, collage, engravin...
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