MEL BOCHNER Strong Language

Norman L. Kleblatt, Mel Bochner

ISBN 10: 0300197349 / ISBN 13: 9780300197341

Published by Yale University Press / The Jewish Museum, New Haven, 2015

About this Item

MEL BOCHNER Strong Language is thre catalog for his NYC Jewish Museum 2014 exhibitiopn Text by Norman L. Kleblatt, Mel Bochner. 133 pages, color reproductions. Hardcover. No dust jacket as issued. 11 1/4" x 9 3/4". Near fine condition.i.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: MEL BOCHNER Strong Language
• Publisher: Yale University Press / The Jewish Museum, New Haven
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300197349
• ISBN 13: 9780300197341
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Near fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Conceptual Art

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Synopsis

An engaging exploration of the use of language in a complex and colorful series of paintings

Mel Bochner (b. 1940) is celebrated as a key Conceptual artist of the 1960s. Less well-known are his paintings made after that period: complex works based on an exploration of language, often crowded with typography in lush, contrasting hues that both embrace and challenge the painterly tradition.

Mel Bochner: Strong Language focuses on this important body of work, in which Bochner investigates the lines between text and image. Ranging from bold admonishments and witty emoticons to provocative floods of words, these works demonstrate conceptual seriousness, as well as delight in the playful potential of language. Norman L. Kleeblatt discusses the evolution of Bochner's art from his early word experiments through his return to painting, while Bochner offers a personal perspective. Both Kleeblatt and Bochner address the question of Jewishness in Bochner's work, particularly the ways in which the Jewish intellectual tradition embraces language as a visual expressive form. 

Published in association with the Jewish Museum, New York

Exhibition Schedule:

The Jewish Museum, New York
(05/02/14–09/21/14)

About the Author

Norman L. Kleeblatt is the Susan and Elihu Rose Chief Curator at the Jewish Museum. Mel Bochner is a New York-based artist.