Right On
2023
A vibrant monoprint featuring Bochner's signature use of bold, multicolored text arranged in a dynamic composition. The work displays phrases in various fonts and colors against a rich teal-green ground, showcasing the artist's exploration of language, texture, and visual poetry. Created in collaboration with master printer Two Palms, this unique work combines oil-based monoprinting with collage, engraving, and embossment on handmade paper. Hand-signed and dated by the artist in graphite on the recto, with a certificate of authenticity issued by the gallery.
- Medium
- Monoprint in oil with collage, engraving, and embossment on handmade paper
- Dimensions
- Signed
- Yes
- Spotted At
- Gallery · Long-Sharp Gallery
Collectors of Mel Bochner
Artists in conversation
Ed Ruscha
American · b. 1937
Ruscha similarly uses bold typography and text as the primary visual and conceptual element in his work, often set against vivid color fields, blurring the boundary between language and visual art in a distinctly American vernacular tradition.
Christopher Wool
American · b. 1955
Wool shares Bochner's commitment to text based art with strong graphic energy, using fragmented words and phrases in bold compositions that emphasize the visual weight and texture of language as a formal artistic element.
Lawrence Weiner
American · b. 1942
Weiner was a pioneering conceptual artist who treated language as both medium and subject, arranging typographic phrases in colorful dynamic layouts that explore how words function as visual poetry and conceptual statements, closely mirroring Bochner's practice.
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