Mel Bochner, Conceptual Artist Who Played With Language, Dies at 84
His early work made use of unexpected materials like pennies and masking tape. Later, he created trenchant word paintings ...
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For 55 Years, Tom Marioni Has Pursued the Art of ‘Drinking Beer With Friends’
After some niceties, we head inside to begin Marioni’s long-running conceptual piece The Act of Drinking Beer with Friends is the Highest Form of Art, which has taken place on Wednesdays in San ...
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Mel Bochner, conceptual artist known for text paintings and wry humour, has died, aged 84
Bochner was a pioneer of conceptual art, creating works rooted in information systems and decontextualised language ...
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Ed Ruscha
Ed Ruscha is an American artist whose oeuvre melds Pop Art iconography with the documentarian rigor of Conceptual Art ... such as Twentysix Gasoline Stations (1963), as well as his word paintings ...