The Jewish Museum in New York to Present "Mel Bochner: Strong Language"

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(Left to right): Self/Portrait, 1966, ink on graph paper. Private collection; 
Going Out Of Business, 2012, oil on velvet. Private collection. All artwork © Mel Bochner

NEW YORK---From May 2 through September 21, 2014, The Jewish Museum will present "Mel Bochner: Strong Language," a survey of Bochner’s career-long fascination with the cerebral and visual associations of words. The exhibition will include over 70 text-based works. Among the highlights are his mid-1960s Portrait Drawings, never before exhibited in New York, and paintings from the last decade using synonyms derived from the latest edition of Roget’s Thesaurus. Bochner was inspired by the Thesaurus’ new permissiveness to broaden his linguistic references juxtaposing proper with vernacular, formal against vulgar, high against low. [link]