Mel Bochner : if the colour changes /
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Author / Creator: | Bochner, Mel, 1940- |
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Imprint: | London : Whitechapel Art Gallery : Ridinghouse, 2012. |
Description: | 212 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), 1 port. ; 29 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8943457 |
Summary: | Mel Bochner (b.1940) is part of a generation of New York artists who emerged in the 1960s, at a time when painting was increasingly discussed as outmoded. Bochner was a pioneer in introducing language into the visual field which led Harvard University art historian Benjamin Buchloh to describe his 1966 Working Drawings as 'probably the first truly conceptual exhibition'. Having returned to painting in the 1980s, the artist in his most recent series of 'thesaurus paintings' achieves a symbiosis of language and colour that is as intellectually complex as it is visually stimulating. Taking colour as its guiding thread this book highlights Bochner's richand thought-provoking approaches to photography, installation and painting over the course of the past 45 years. |
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Item Description: | Published on occasion of the exhibition "Mel Bochner : If the Colour Changes", held at the Whitechapel Art Gallery, 12 October - 30 December 2012 ; Haus der Kunst, Munich, 1 March - 16 June 2013 ; Fundação de Serralves, Porto, 12 July - 13 October 2013. Published by Whitechapel Art Gallery and Ridinghouse in association with Haus der Kunst, Munich and Fundação de Serralves, Porto. |
Physical Description: | 212 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), 1 port. ; 29 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 200-205). |
ISBN: | 1905464665 9781905464661 |