Mel Bochner
- Introduction
- Mel Bochner (born 1940) is an American conceptual artist. Bochner received his BFA in 1962 and honorary Doctor of Fine Arts in 2005 from the School of Art at Carnegie Mellon University. He lives in New York City.
- Wikidata
- Q1485390
- Introduction
- Bochner's artwork prioritizes language, serial systems, and conceptual ideas over the physical object.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Writer, Conceptual Artist, Painter, Sculptor
- Name
- Mel Bochner
- Ulan
- 500032444
Exhibitions
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Greater New York
Oct 11, 2015–Mar 7, 2016
MoMA PS1
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Art on Camera: Photographs by Shunk-Kender,
1960–1971 May 17–Oct 4, 2015
MoMA
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Ileana Sonnabend: Ambassador for the New
Dec 21, 2013–Apr 21, 2014
MoMA
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9 + 1 Ways of Being Political: 50 Years of Political Stances in Architecture and Urban Design
Sep 12, 2012–Jun 9, 2013
MoMA
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New to the Print Collection: Matisse to Bourgeois
Jun 13, 2012–Jan 7, 2013
MoMA
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Mel Bochner has
34 exhibitionsonline.
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Mel Bochner Working Drawings and Other Visible Things on Paper Not Necessarily Meant to be Viewed as Art 1966
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Mel Bochner Imagine the Enclosed Area Blue (Study for Installation, Yale, Norfolk) 1968
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Mel Bochner Proposal for Wall Piece: Shift 1968
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Mel Bochner Surface Dis/Tension: Offset (RB) 1968
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Mel Bochner Counting (Rocks) 1969
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Mel Bochner Counting (#2) (Rocks) (1969)
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Mel Bochner Measurement Room 1969
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Mel Bochner Language Is Not Transparent 1969
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Mel Bochner Misunderstandings (A Theory of Photography) from Artists & Photographs 1970
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Mel Bochner Theory of Painting 1969-70
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Mel Bochner Milan Number Block 1970
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Various Artists, Mel Bochner, Christo, Jan Dibbets, Tom Gormley, Dan Graham, Douglas Huebler, Allan Kaprow, Michael Kirby, Joseph Kosuth, Sol LeWitt, Richard Long, Robert Morris, Bruce Nauman, Dennis Oppenheim, Robert Rauschenberg, Edward Ruscha, Robert Smithson, Bernar Venet, Andy Warhol Artists & Photographs 1965–70, published 1970
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Mel Bochner 3 Ideas and 7 Procedures (Theory of Arithmetic), Sheet #1. Proposal for MoMA Exhibition 1971
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Mel Bochner 3 Ideas and 7 Procedures (Theory of Arithmetic), Sheet #2. Proposal for MoMA Exhibition 1971
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Mel Bochner "8" Branch from Counting Alternative Series (The Wittgenstein Illustrations) (1971)
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Mel Bochner 8 Square Inches, 4 Measurements 1967–71
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Mel Bochner Measurement 1968–71
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Mel Bochner Translation 1971
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Mel Bochner, Harry Shunk, János Kender Measurement Series 1971
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Mel Bochner, Harry Shunk, János Kender Measurement Series 1971
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Mel Bochner, Harry Shunk, János Kender Measurement Series 1971
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Mel Bochner, Harry Shunk, János Kender Measurement Series 1971
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Mel Bochner, Harry Shunk, János Kender Measurement Series 1971
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Mel Bochner, Harry Shunk, János Kender Measurement Series 1971
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Mel Bochner, Harry Shunk, János Kender Measurement Series 1971
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Mel Bochner, Harry Shunk, János Kender Measurement Series 1971
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Mel Bochner Mental Exercise: Estimating a Centered Vertical 1972
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Mel Bochner Mental Exercise: Estimating a Circle 1972
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Mel Bochner Mental Exercise: Estimating a Corner to Corner Diagonal 1972
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Mel Bochner Mental Exercise: Estimating the Center 1972
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Mel Bochner The Laurentian Library 1972
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Mel Bochner Continuous/Dis/Continuous 1971-72
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Mel Bochner Continuous/Discontinuous Re-Placements 1972
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Mel Bochner Axiom of Indifference 1972-73
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Mel Bochner Axiom of Indifference 1972-73
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Mel Bochner Axiom of Indifference 1972-73
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Mel Bochner Rules of Inference 1973
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Mel Bochner Q.E.D 1974
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Mel Bochner Rules of Inference 1974
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Mel Bochner Triangular and Square (Second Diagonal) 1974
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Mel Bochner Triangle and Square: Points 1974
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Mel Bochner Range 1979
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Mel Bochner Untitled 1983
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Mel Bochner Atoll 1983
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Mel Bochner Iron Point 1985
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Mel Bochner Via Vanvitelli 1987
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Mel Bochner First Quartet 1988
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Mel Bochner Fourth Quartet 1988
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