Overview
A founding figure of the Conceptual Art movement of the 1960s, Mel Bochner explores the possibilities of language as image, medium, and content in his works. The use of words as sources for painting stems from Bochner's interest in philosophy on the one hand, and humor and popular culture on the other. Repetition of words plays a role in Bochner's works as can be seen in our example. For some 45 years Bochner has explored the intersections of linguistic and visual representation, developing an art that causes us to read and see simultaneously—to "think" as we look.
Museums and Public Collections
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Ball State University Art Gallery, Muncie, IN, USA
Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Centre Georges Pompidou - Musée national d'Art moderne, Paris, France
Cleveland art Museum, Ohio
Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA, UK
Fonds National d'Art Contemporain, France
Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
FRAC - Bourgogne, Dijon, France
FRAC - Bretagne, Châteaugiron, France
FRAC - Picardie, Amiens, France
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA, UK
MOCA Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, USA
MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, USA
Musée d´Art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris
Museet for Samtidskunst / Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde, Denmark
National Gallery of Art, Washington, WA, USA
Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia
Städel Museum, Frankfurt/Main, Germamy
Tate, London, UK
The Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX, USA
University Art Museum University at Albany, State University of New York, NY, USA
Wexner Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, USA