Untitled
1996
This 1996 work by conceptual artist Mel Bochner features his signature engagement with numerical systems and language. White numbers are painted in loose, gestural strokes against a dark ground, creating a grid-like composition that explores the visual and conceptual properties of mathematical sequences. The oil on deckled-edge paper demonstrates Bochner's interest in the intersection of linguistic signs and visual representation, a hallmark of his conceptual practice since the 1960s.
- Medium
- Oil on paper with deckled edge
- Dimensions
- Signed
- Yes
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Artists in conversation
On Kawara
Japanese · b. 1932
On Kawara similarly merged numerical systems with conceptual painting, creating works where dates and numbers function simultaneously as visual and linguistic signs against stark grounds. His Date Paintings share Bochner's interest in the intersection of measurement, language, and visual representation.
Joseph Kosuth
American · b. 1945
Kosuth is a foundational conceptual artist who explores the relationship between language, signs, and visual representation, often rendering text and symbolic systems as the primary visual subject. His text based works parallel Bochner's treatment of numbers as both readable content and painterly gesture.
Hanne Darboven
German · b. 1941
Darboven built her entire practice around the repetitive inscription of numerical and writing systems on paper, creating grid based compositions that transform mathematical sequences into dense visual fields. Her work shares Bochner's fascination with numbers as conceptual and aesthetic material.
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