Mel Bochner (1940, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania – 02\/12\/ 2025, New York) in 1966 presents at the School of Visual Arts Gallery in New York his first solo show: Working Drawings and Other Visible Things on Paper not necessarily meant to be Viewed as Art, which will be considered to be the first exhibition of conceptual art, movement to which he will be associated with, despite himself.<\/p>\n
Later he exhibited, in solo and group exhibitions, in galleries and museums all over the world.<\/p>\n
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His works are in important public collections, as:<\/p>\n
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In 2006 the Art Institute of Chicago dedicated an important retrospective to him: Mel Bochner, Language 1966-2006.<\/p>\n
From November to April 2011 the National Gallery of Washington exhibits In The Tower: Mel Bochner on his last 45 years of work.<\/p>\n
From 12 October 2012 to 31 December 2013 the Whitechapel Gallery in London dedicates to him the great retrospective ‘If the Color Changes’, which moves in 2013 to Munich at the Haus der Kunst and the Museu de Arte Contempor\u00e2nea de Serralves, Porto.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-28623","artists","type-artists","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t