Mel Bochner Measurement Room

The total dimension of the room is indicated on the wall in letraset thickness about 6 5 cm.

Mel bochner measurement room. No vantage point by mel bochner which opened at the museum this month is the artist s latest effort in making our thought processes visible. One of the most important conceptual artists of the 1960s and 1970s bochner born 1940 applied various. Mel bochner installed his first measurement. Bochner s popular thesaurus painting series consists of lists of synonyms displayed in rainbow colored palettes often featuring a single word repeated in painterly capital letters as seen in his seminal piece blah blah blah 2008.

Limited edition of 3 numbered and signed copies. Room at galerie heiner friedrich in munich germany in may 1969. Dimensions depending on the size of the room. The work was produced as part of measurements a solo exhibition that explored the relationship between the numerical systems that are used to rationalize the built environment and the actual perceptually contingent experiences that we have of space.

Mel bochner is an american conceptual artist best known for his text based paintings. 2020 mel bochner. Committee on painting and sculpture funds. Measurements 1968 1971 revisits this defining period early in the new york based artist s renowned career.

Produced in honor of the 50th anniversary of his first measurement room mel bochner. Regarded as one of the leading american conceptual and postminimal artists in the. Measurement perimeter black adhesive tape thickness 1 3 cm placed on the wall heigh 1 80 m. My feeling was that there were ways of extending or re inventing.

In may 1969 bochner realized the first works in his ongoing measurement series using black tape to draw simple linear segments across the surfaces of dia cofounder heiner friedrich s munich gallery. Mel bochner born 1940. Documenting arch conceptualist mel bochner s fusion of architecture and quantification. No vantage point 2019 2020 dia beacon new york.

Produced in 2017 by mfc.