Mel Bochner: If The Colour Changes

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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 rich and thought-provoking approaches to photography, installation and painting over the course of the past 45 years. The publication includes texts by Achim Borchardt-Hume, João Fernandes, Ulrich Wilmes, Mark Godfrey and Briony Fer alongside 140 full colour illustrations. 


ISBN 978–1–905464–66–1, softback, 224 pages, 286 x 245 mm, 140 full colour illustrations, co-published by Whitechapel Gallery and Ridinghouse.

The exhibition Mel Bochner: If The Colour Changes takes place at the Whitechapel Gallery from 12 October - 30 December 2012. The catalogue will be available to buy for the special exhibition price of £19.95 in the Gallery for the duration of the exhibition.

Organised in collaboration with Haus der Kunst, Munich and Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, Porto.


 

 


You might also like: In Conversation: Mel Bochner and Achim Borchardt-Hume / £7.00



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