"Amazing"
View Similar Items
Mel Bochner"Amazing" 2017
2017
About the Item
- Creator:Mel Bochner (1940, American)
- Creation Year:2017
- Dimensions:Height: 63 in (160 cm)Width: 47.25 in (120 cm)
- Medium:
- Movement & Style:
- Period:
- Condition:
- Gallery Location:London, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU3025662832
Mel Bochner
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.
Find original Mel Bochner prints and other art on 1stDibs.
- "Spilt Ink with Tests", Art Edition A, accompanied with book "220 for 2020"By David HockneyLocated in London, GBDavid Hockney Spilt Ink with Tests, 2019 signed in pencil and dated ‘19 art edition (1-100): 11-colour inkjet print on cotton-fiber archival paper book: hardcover, 2 volumes in a cla...Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
MaterialsArchival Paper, Inkjet
- ZaunBy Gerhard RichterLocated in London, GBsigned, dated and numbered edition 84 of 100 + 10 AP Fine art print on Arches paper (from a 2006 photo) on AluDibondCategory
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
MaterialsDigital
Price Upon Request - Obliterate, Limited Edition Silkscreen Print by American printmaker Mel BochnerBy Mel BochnerLocated in London, GBMel Bochner b. 1940 Obliterate 2018 silkscreen in 12 colours 50 x 40 in (127 x 101.6 cm) Edition of 30 unframedCategory
2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
MaterialsScreen
- Two People at Night (indigo)By Peter DoigLocated in London, GBPeter Doig 1959 - Two People at Night (indigo), 2016 Edition of 30 signed, numbered and dated lower margin etching with gravure, spitbite 63.5 x 94.6 cm 25 ...Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
MaterialsEtching
Price Upon Request - Red Diamond - porcelain limited edition sculptureBy Jeff KoonsLocated in London, GBJeff Koons Diamond (Red), 2020 porcelain 31.8 x 39.3 x 32 cm edition of 599Category
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
MaterialsPorcelain
Price Upon Request - Gazing Ball (Manet Olympia) - Contemporary print by American artist Jeff KoonsBy Jeff KoonsLocated in London, GBJeff Koons Gazing Ball (Manet Olympia), 2017 Signed and dated lower margin Archival pigment print on Innova rag paper, glass Image Dimensions: 33 5/8 x 4...Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
MaterialsArchival Pigment
- DIXBy John Thompson (b.1950)Located in Boston, MAMedium: Silkscreen monoprintCategory
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints
MaterialsSilk, Monoprint, Screen
- Rampant Slip— Danced Himself to Death [...] series of 15 unique printsLocated in Tuscany, PisaFull title: Rampant Slip— Danced Himself to Death [MJ] for the future of r---e---a---l---l--y REAL un-freedom Ima-Abasi Okon graduated from the Communication Design MA at Central Sa...Category
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
MaterialsMonoprint, Screen
- VolcanoBy Elise WagnerLocated in Palm Springs, CASigned unique encaustic monoprint depicting an erupting volcano. Elise Wagner painter, printmaker, and teacher, is a recent recipient of the Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant. Origin...Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
MaterialsEncaustic, Monoprint
$600 Sale Price20% Off - A Loosely Woven Flock of Rooks - original print feathers stencil Japanese paperBy Ruth ThomasLocated in London, GBOriginal print from feathers and stencil on five layers of Japanese paper, limited edition. Framed size: 75 x 50 cm Artist's information: Ruth Thomas RCA is a contemporary printmake...Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Prints
MaterialsMonoprint, Washi Paper
- Gnawing IIBy Paula Schuette KraemerLocated in Breckenridge, COCapture the heartwarming essence of canine bliss with this delightful print featuring a playful dog savoring his favorite bone. Whether you're a dog lover or simply appreciate the pu...Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Prints
MaterialsMonoprint
- The Kabuki Blushes (from Secrets in Carnations)By James RosenquistLocated in Calabasas, CAArtist: James Rosenquist Title: The Kabuki Blushes (from Secrets in Carnations) Year: 1986 Medium: Lithograph with monoprint and hand applied collage on Chiri Kozo paper Sheet: 38...Category
1980s Contemporary Abstract Prints
MaterialsLithograph, Monoprint
$5,600 Sale Price20% Off