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Mel Bochner : measurements (1968-1971)

Title
Mel Bochner : measurements (1968-1971) / editors: Kamilah N. Foreman, Elizabeth Franzen, and Sophia Larigakis.
Publication
  • New York : Dia Art Foundation, [2020]
  • ©2020

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Additional Authors
  • Bochner, Mel, 1940-
  • Foreman, Kamilah
  • Franzen, Elizabeth
  • Larigakis, Sophia
  • Varian, Elayne H.
  • Lowry, Alexis
  • Dia:Beacon (Art museum), host institution, issuing body
Description
126 pages : illustrations (some color); 26 x 26 cm
Summary
Produced in honor of the 50th anniversary of his first 'Measurement Room', 'Mel Bochner: Measurements (1968-1971)' revisits this defining period early in the New York based artist's renowned career. One of the most important conceptual artists of the 1960s and 1970s, Bochner (born 1940) applied various abstract systems in his artistic practice. Here, measurements a numerical means of ordering the world highlight the interplay of architecture and the viewer's relationship to it. Subverting a simple yet meticulous procedure by rendering it as aesthetics, the work challenges conventional understandings of dimensions in space and by consequence one's place in the world. Here, preparatory drawings, poetic artist's notes and archival photographs of the first Measurement Rooms reveal Bochner's thinking and process beyond this pivotal series while a contemporaneous interview with Elayne Varian and an essay by Dia curator Alexis Lowry add essential context. Exhibition: Dia Center for the Arts, Beacon, USA (11.09.2019-05.2021).
Alternative Title
Measurements (1968-1971)
Subject
  • Bochner, Mel, 1940- > Exhibitions
  • Bochner, Mel, 1940-
  • 1900-1999
  • Conceptual art > Exhibitions
  • Installations (Art) > 20th century > Exhibitions
  • Installations (Art)
  • Conceptual art
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs.
Note
  • Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at Dia Beacon in Beacon, New York from November 9, 2019 - May 9, 2021.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Preface / Jessica Morgan -- An interview with Elayne Varian, 1969 / Mel Bocher -- "The world as I found it": Mel Bochner's measuring without a vantage point / Alexis Lowry.
Call Number
JQF 21-553
ISBN
  • 0944521908
  • 9780944521908
OCLC
1132284544
Title
Mel Bochner : measurements (1968-1971) / editors: Kamilah N. Foreman, Elizabeth Franzen, and Sophia Larigakis.
Publisher
New York : Dia Art Foundation, [2020]
Copyright Date
©2020
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Chronological Term
1900-1999
Added Author
Bochner, Mel, 1940- Works. Selections.
Foreman, Kamilah, editor.
Franzen, Elizabeth, editor.
Larigakis, Sophia, editor.
Varian, Elayne H., interviewer.
Lowry, Alexis, contributor.
Dia:Beacon (Art museum), host institution, issuing body.
Research Call Number
JQF 21-553
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