Blah Blah Blah
blah blah blah... - neon art work
By Mary Jo McGonagle
Located in New York, NY
This neon piece is hand blown glass. It is mounted on contoured, clear plexiglas with pre drilled holes for hanging, and comes ready to hang.
This piece is offered in the following c...
Category
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Materials
Plexiglass, Neon Light
Kick Against the Pricks (Blah, Blah, Blah) Pop Silkscreen Hand Signed/N, Framed
By Mel Bochner
Located in New York, NY
MEL BOCHNER
Kick Against the Pricks (Blah..Blah...Blah...), 2018
Two color silkscreen on boutique
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
$17,500
H 12.5 in W 30 in D 0.5 in
Large Mel Bochner BLAH BLAH BLAH (INVERSE) Silkscreen, 62"H
By Mel Bochner
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Mel Bochner (American, 1940-2025)
Marking(s); notes: signed; ed. 12/30; 2022
Materials: silkscreen on Lanaquarelle paper with diamond dust
Dimensions (...
Category
2010s Pop Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
$48,000
H 62 in W 46.5 in
Blah No War – Original Painting on Canvas, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
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Category
2010s Pop Art Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$5,500
H 46.5 in W 54.5 in D 1.5 in
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Blah Blah Blah
By Mel Bochner
Located in New York, NY
and traditional compositions, Bochner introduced language into his artworks. Blah Blah Blah is word
Category
2010s Paintings
Materials
Monoprint
Blah, blah, blah, Beatrice!
Located in MADRID, ES
Blah, blah, blah, Beatrice!
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2010s Paintings
BLAH BLAH BLAH
By Mel Bochner
Located in Boston, MA
Signed recto in graphite
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Prints and Multiples
Blah Blah Multi
Located in Miami, FL
: mirror, colored, multicolor, french artist, blah-blah
Joseph is a conceptual mixed-media artist born in
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
A Little Bird Told Me
By Catherine Labonté
Located in Asheville, NC
containing a tablet that reads, Blah ,blah, blah...
Catherine Labonté graduated from “Cégep du Vieux
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Blah Blah Blah
By Mel Bochner
Located in New York, NY
Blah Blah Blah 2014
monoprint, with collage, engraving, embossment on hand dyed Twinrocker
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Mixed Media
Blah, Blah, Blah
By Mel Bochner
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Bochner, Mel
Title: Blah, Blah, Blah
Date: 2017
Medium: Oil Paint Monoprint with
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Oil, Monoprint
Blah, Blah, Blah
By Mel Bochner
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Bochner, Mel
Title: Blah, Blah, Blah
Date: 2018
Medium: Oil Paint Monoprint with
Category
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Monoprint
Blah, Blah, Blah
By Mel Bochner
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Bochner, Mel
Title: Blah, Blah, Blah
Date: 2018
Medium: Oil Paint Monoprint with
Category
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Monoprint
Blah, Blah, Blah
By Mel Bochner
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Bochner, Mel
Title: Blah, Blah, Blah
Date: 2018
Medium: Oil Paint Monoprint with
Category
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Monoprint
Blah, Blah, Blah
By Mel Bochner
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Bochner, Mel
Title: Blah, Blah, Blah
Date: 2018
Medium: Oil Paint Monoprint with
Category
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Monoprint
Blah, Blah, Blah
By Mel Bochner
Located in London, GB
Mel Bochner
1940 -
Blah, Blah, Blah, 2014
signed and dated upper left, recto
Monoprint with collage
Category
2010s Conceptual Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Monoprint
Blah, Blah, Blah
By Mel Bochner
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Bochner, Mel
Title: Blah, Blah, Blah
Date: 2017
Medium: Oil Paint Monoprint with
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Oil, Monoprint
Blah, Blah, Blah
By Mel Bochner
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Bochner, Mel
Title: Blah, Blah, Blah
Date: 2019
Medium: Monoprint with collage
Category
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Monoprint
Blah, Blah, Blah
By Mel Bochner
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Bochner, Mel
Title: Blah, Blah, Blah
Date: 2017
Medium: Oil Paint Monoprint with
Category
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Monoprint
Blah, Blah, Blah
By Mel Bochner
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Bochner, Mel
Title: Blah, Blah, Blah
Date: 2017
Medium: Oil Paint Monoprint with
Category
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Monoprint
Blah, Blah, Blah
By Mel Bochner
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Bochner, Mel
Title: Blah, Blah, Blah
Date: 2017
Medium: Oil Paint Monoprint with
Category
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Monoprint
Blah, Blah, Blah
By Mel Bochner
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Bochner, Mel
Title: Blah, Blah, Blah
Date: 2017
Medium: Oil Paint Monoprint with
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Blah, Blah, Blah
By Mel Bochner
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Bochner, Mel
Title: Blah, Blah, Blah
Date: 2019
Medium: Oil Paint Monoprint with
Category
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Monoprint
Blah, Blah, Blah
By Mel Bochner
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Bochner, Mel
Title: Blah, Blah, Blah
Date: 2019
Medium: Oil Paint Monoprint with
Category
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Monoprint
Blah, Blah, Blah
By Mel Bochner
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Bochner, Mel
Title: Blah, Blah, Blah
Date: 2019
Medium: Oil Paint Monoprint with
Category
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Monoprint
Blah, Blah, Blah
By Mel Bochner
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Bochner, Mel
Title: Blah, Blah, Blah
Date: 2019
Medium: Oil Paint Monoprint with
Category
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Monoprint
Blah, Blah, Blah
By Mel Bochner
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Bochner, Mel
Title: Blah, Blah, Blah
Date: 2019
Medium: Oil Paint Monoprint with
Category
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Monoprint
Blah, Blah, Blah
By Mel Bochner
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Bochner, Mel
Title: Blah, Blah, Blah
Date: 2016
Medium: Oil Paint Monoprint with
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Oil, Engraving, Monoprint
Blah, Blah, Blah
By Mel Bochner
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Bochner, Mel
Title: Blah, Blah, Blah
Date: 2018
Medium: Oil Paint Monoprint with
Category
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Monoprint
Blah Blah Blah
By Mel Bochner
Located in New York, NY
Blah Blah Blah 2014
monoprint, with collage, engraving, embossment on hand dyed Twinrocker
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Blah, Blah, Blah
By Mel Bochner
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Rich colors stand out upon your first glance at Mel Bochner's Blah, Blah, Blah. The background
Category
2010s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Oil, Handmade Paper, Engraving, Monoprint
Blah Blah Blah
By Mel Bochner
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Mel Bochner Blah, Blah, Blah, 2022 is a quintessential offering from American conceptualist, Mel
Category
2010s Conceptual Figurative Prints
Materials
Oil, Engraving, Monoprint
Blah, Blah, Blah
By Mel Bochner
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Mel Bochner Blah, Blah, Blah, 2023 is a quintessential offering from American conceptualist, Mel
Category
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Oil, Handmade Paper, Engraving, Monoprint
Blah, Blah, Blah, 2024
By Mel Bochner
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Bochner Blah, Blah, Blah, 2024 is a unique and original work.
Catalogue Raisonné & COA:
1. Bochner, Mel
Category
2010s Contemporary More Prints
Materials
Oil, Monoprint
'Blah Blah Blah' Unique work, 2024
By Mel Bochner
Located in New York, NY
'Blah Blah Blah', 2024 is a unique work by Mel Bochner, with dimensions 71.875 x 48.875 in., and
Category
2010s Conceptual Abstract Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Monoprint
Mel Bochner "Blah, Blah, Blah" oil monoprint with collage, engraving, embossment
By Mel Bochner
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Brightly colored "Blah, Blah, Blah" monoprint in oil with collage, engraving and embossment on
Category
2010s Contemporary More Prints
Materials
Oil, Handmade Paper, Engraving
Blah Blah Blah
By Mel Bochner
Located in London, GB
Monoprint with collage, engraving and embossment on hand-dyed Twinrocker handmade paper.
Signed in pencil
Category
2010s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Monoprint
Blah Blah Blah
By Mel Bochner
Located in London, GB
Monoprint with collage, engraving and embossment on hand-dyed Twinrocker handmade paper.
Signed in pencil.
29.8 x 43.2 cm
Category
2010s Prints and Multiples
BLAH, BLAH, BLAH
By Mel Bochner
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Signed recto in graphite, from the edition of 30.
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Aquatint
BLAH BLAH BLAH
By Mel Bochner
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and dated on front by the artist. Original monoprint with collage, engraving and embossment on hand-dyed Twinrocker handmade paper. Frame size approx 17.75 x 18.25 in.
...
Category
2010s Conceptual Mixed Media
Materials
Handmade Paper, Engraving, Monoprint
Blah, Blah, Blah + Background Noise -- Screenprint, Text Art by Mel Bochner
By Mel Bochner
Located in London, GB
Blah, Blah, Blah + Background Noise, 2013
Mel Bochner
Double sided screenprint on printed paper
A
Category
2010s Contemporary More Prints
Materials
Screen
Blah, Blah, Blah + Background Noise, Print, Screenprint, Text Art by Mel Bochner
By Mel Bochner
Located in London, GB
MEL BOCHNER
Blah, Blah, Blah + Background Noise, 2013
Double sided screenprint on printed paper
Category
2010s Contemporary More Prints
Materials
Screen
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
Category
2010s Mixed Media
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Pigment
'Blah, Blah, Blah' Limited Edition Black and Grey Conceptual Screen Print, 2022
By Mel Bochner
Located in New York, NY
‘Blah, Blah, Blah’ is an eye-catching silkscreen print with color-shifting ink by contemporary
Category
2010s Conceptual More Prints
Materials
Screen
Blah Blah Blah, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Brian Nash
Located in Yardley, PA
This painting is acrylic and oil on deep-profile canvas, wired and ready to hang. :: Painting :: Pop-Art :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by th...
Category
2010s Pop Art Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Head Honcho, 2012
By Mel Bochner
Located in Palo Alto, CA
series of monoprints include Blah Blah Blah, Amazing, and Silent.
This vintage work was acquire from a
Category
2010s Conceptual Figurative Prints
Materials
Oil, Handmade Paper, Engraving, Monoprint
Contemporary portrait "Between You and Me"
Located in Zofingen, AG
. It's so hard, really hard to draw some blah-blah-blah crap in response to a missile attack. But how
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Blah, Blah, Blah
By Mel Bochner
Located in New York, NY
MEL BOCHNER
Blah, Blah, Blah Limited Edition Mask, 2021
Machine washable lightweight fabric with
Category
2010s Pop Art Mixed Media
Materials
Textile, Cotton, Screen
blah blah blah...
By Mary Jo McGonagle
Located in New York, NY
This neon piece is hand blown glass. It is mounted on contoured, clear plexiglas with pre drilled holes for hanging, and comes ready to hang.
This piece is offered in the following c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Plexiglass, Neon Light
Blah, Blah, Blah + Background Noise -- Screenprint, Text Art by Mel Bochner
By Mel Bochner
Located in London, GB
MEL BOCHNER
Blah, Blah, Blah + Background Noise, 2013
Double sided screenprint on printed paper
Category
2010s Contemporary More Prints
Materials
Screen
Blah, Blah, Blah + Background Noise -- Screenprint, Text Art by Mel Bochner
By Mel Bochner
Located in London, GB
MEL BOCHNER
Blah, Blah, Blah + Background Noise, 2013
Double sided screenprint on printed paper
Category
2010s Contemporary More Prints
Materials
Screen
Blah, Blah, Blah + Background Noise, Print, Screenprint, Text Art by Mel Bochner
By Mel Bochner
Located in London, GB
MEL BOCHNER
Blah, Blah, Blah + Background Noise, 2013
Double sided screenprint on printed paper
Category
2010s Contemporary More Prints
Materials
Screen
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
Category
2010s Pop Art Mixed Media
Materials
Textile, Cotton, Screen, Mixed Media
H 3.9 in W 7.9 in D 0.3 in
Blah Blah Blah
By Mel Bochner
Located in New York, NY
discourse of the English language.
Blah Blah Blah is created in Bochner’s signature style of neon hues
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Handmade Paper, Engraving, Monoprint
Blah Blah Blah - Mel Bochner
By Mel Bochner
Located in Park City, UT
Mel Bochner, 'Blah Blah Blah', 2013
Monoprint with collage, engraving and embossment on hand-dyed
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Monoprint
Blah, Blah, Blah
By Mel Bochner
Located in New York, NY
Mel Bochner, a leading figure of the American Conceptual Art movement, developed a text-based practice that incorporates written words into art. Bochner’s many text-based works inclu...
Category
2010s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Monoprint
Blah, Blah, Blah
By Mel Bochner
Located in Tokyo, 13
LOT:20221011N01
Monoprint with collage engraving and embossment on hand dyed Twirocker handmade paper
Signed
Unique
Provenance: TWO PALMS, New York
Category
2010s Abstract Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Engraving, Monoprint
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Mel Bochner for sale on 1stDibs
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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