Mel Bochner

Contempt, 2005

oil and acrylic on canvas / 60 x 80 inches

If The Color Changes (#6), 1998

oil and acrylic on canvas / 36 x 48 inches

If The Color Changes (#5), 1998

oil on canvas / 36 x 48 inches

Mel Bochner

Conceptual artist

I found his text paintings are very effective, I am interested in his uses texts as the subject matter in his painting, simply playing with the colours and the composition of the texts.

Comparing with my text painting idea, his works are simpler and more effective to the viewer.

Prints

I want to make a series of screen print by using photo images, the content would be the patten created by everyday environment, by using vertical and horizontal compositions, place the patten onto the paper, but keeping a large amount of white space on the paper, simple and effective.

"The Painting"

This is a text "painting" idea, which I am going to use text to describe the content of a imaginary/fantasy painting, and "painting" (write) it onto a canvas.

My purpose is to associate the text with the viewer's vision, by using their imagination, every individual would "see" a different image. I want to explore how much impact of the text could effect visual imagining.

For example: When you see "blue", everyone would have different vision of blue, light blue, dark blue and etc.

cow cow cow

The idea is to build a double fence in a circle, and put some cows in it, facing the same direction, the space only allow them to walk through individually, so they would walk and follow each other, as a cycle. The play is will they follow the environment system? or they will go out of control? And what if two of them have been placed facing each other? Will one of them start walking backwards? Or will they stop? I am seeking for this interesting answer.

The reason I want to work with animals is that they are simple, they do not have complicated thoughts, but they do have their nature instincts. The change of the environment might have a impact on them.