Description Mel Bochner (American/Pennsylvania, b. 1940), "Irascible", 2006, oil on velvet, signed, titled. dated and "Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, TX" label with artist, title and date on stretcher, 35 3/4 in. x 45 1/4 in., framed . Provenance: Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, TX; Collection of Noted Preservationist and Aesthete Dorian M. Bennett, New Orleans. Note: Mel Bochner is a conceptual artist best known for his works incorporating language, and he is widely acknowledged as a leading figure in the development of Conceptual Art in New York in the 1960s and 1970s. "Irascible," like all of his text-based works, takes its name from the first word in the series. The following words or phrases are all synonyms, some immediately recognizable, while others more colloquial. In this important series of works, Bochner explores the intersection of linguistic and visual representation, with the individualized color scheme of each word or each letter within the series serving to further this investigation. "My feeling was that there were ways of extending, or re-inventing visual experience, but that it was very important that it remain visual,? Bochner has stated. ?The viewer should enter the idea through a visual or phenomenological experience rather than simply reading it.? Ref.: "Mel Bochner." Maddox Gallery. www.maddoxgallery.com. Accessed Aug 1, 2020
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