Mel Bochner
Portrait of Sol LeWitt, 1966
Pen and ink on graph paper
5.25 x 5.5 inches
Mel Bochner Drawings: A Retrospective
23 April – 22 August 2022
The Art Institute of Chicago
Mel Bochner
Theory of Painting (Part Three), 1969
[from the pressrelease]
Mel Bochner: “For me drawing is the way to see what I’m thinking. All one needs is something to make a mark and a surface to make the mark on. Every medium has its particular quality. Charcoal is dry and burnt, pastel thick and luminous, conté crayon crisp and translucent. Different papers are dense or light, resistant or absorbent, bright or dull. The flexibility of these materials in combination gives a drawing its specificity and contributes to the pure physical pleasure one takes in drawing. But while every medium reveals something, it also hides something else. Changing mediums can reveal what is hidden.”