Mel Bochner Drawings by Kevin Salatino, Mel Bochner, Anna Lov... - 9780300260052

Name: Mel Bochner Drawings by Kevin Salatino, Mel Bochner, Anna Lov... - 9780300260052
Brand: Yale University Press

Yale University Press

Mel Bochner DrawingsA Retrospective\nAuthor(s): Kevin Salatino, Mel Bochner, Anna Lovatt, Barry Schwabsky\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Yale University Press, United States\nImprint: Yale University Press\nISBN-13: 9780300260052, 978-0300260052\nSynopsis\nA groundbreaking examination of Mel Bochners inventive drawing practice produced collaboratively with the artist Encompassing both works on paper and oversized wall drawings made from the 1960s to the present, this handsomely designed volume documents the first-ever museum retrospective of drawings by Mel Bochner (b. 1940). Drawing has long been critical to the work of this pioneering conceptual artist, and essayists explore the theoretical framework and playful experimentation of his decades-long practice. The book, conceived and designed in close collaboration with the artist, features his own writings about his philosophy of wall drawings and reflections on significant exhibitions of his work. Bochner was a key figure of the Min)