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Mel Bochner

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ISBN-10: 2906574155

ISBN-13: 9782906574151

Edition: N/A

Authors: Mel Bochner, Frederic Paul

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New York-based Conceptual art pioneer Mel Bochner writes in this monograph, What I try to do is stay open to the work as it develops, not impose myself on it, but permit it to take me somewhere. If I had a model, I suppose it would be those ancient Chinese artists who changed their name three times during their lifetime, in order not to become the prisoner of a style." The book introduces new riffs--produced for an exhibition at Domaine de Kerguehennec, in Brittany, France--on several well-known bodies of work, including Bochner's recent ongoing series The Thesaurus Paintings, in which a group of often humorous synonyms (lazy, lethargic, crazy, vulgarand irascible, for instance) are painted…    
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Book details

List price: $35.00
Publisher: Domaine de Kerguehennec
Publication date: 5/1/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 176
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English

Mel Bochner has lived and worked in New York City since 1964. His work has been exhibited internationally and is included in major museum collections throughout the world.