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For my generation, Judd posed the same problem as Picasso did for the Abstract Expressionists; you either had to go over, under, around, or through him. Conceptual, process, and Earth Art, each in their own way, constituted a rejection of the 'speciﬁc object'.

Mel Bochner

Mel Bochner

Mel Bochner

Born: August 23, 1940

Died: February 12, 2025 (aged 84)

Bio: Mel Bochner was an American conceptual artist. Bochner received his BFA in 1962 and honorary Doctor of Fine Arts in 2005 from the School of Art at Carnegie Mellon University.

Known for:

Language Is Not Transparent (1969)
Portrait of Eva Hesse (1966)
Measurement Room (1969)
Meaningless (2005)

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