Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Bochner, Mel, 1940-
2. Foreman, Kamilah
3. Franzen, Elizabeth
4. Larigakis, Sophia
5. Varian, Elayne H.
6. Lowry, Alexis
7. Dia:Beacon (Art museum), host institution, issuing body

Description

1. 126 pages : illustrations (some color); 26 x 26 cm

Summary

1. 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

1. Measurements (1968-1971)

Subject

1. Bochner, Mel, 1940- > Exhibitions
2. Bochner, Mel, 1940-
3. 1900-1999
4. Conceptual art > Exhibitions
5. Installations (Art) > 20th century > Exhibitions
6. Installations (Art)
7. Conceptual art

Genre/Form

1. Exhibition catalogs.

Contents

1. 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

1. JQF 21-553

Note

1. Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at Dia Beacon in Beacon, New York from November 9, 2019 - May 9, 2021.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references.

Title

1. Mel Bochner : measurements (1968-1971) / editors: Kamilah N. Foreman, Elizabeth Franzen, and Sophia Larigakis.

Publisher

1. New York : Dia Art Foundation, [2020]

Copyright date

1. ©2020

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references.

Chronological term

1. 1900-1999

Added author

1. Bochner, Mel, 1940- Works. Selections.
2. Foreman, Kamilah, editor.
3. Franzen, Elizabeth, editor.
4. Larigakis, Sophia, editor.
5. Varian, Elayne H., interviewer.
6. Lowry, Alexis, contributor.
7. Dia:Beacon (Art museum), host institution, issuing body.

ISBN

1. 0944521908 hardcover
2. 9780944521908 hardcover

Research call number

1. JQF 21-553