Visitors to Art Basel Hong Kong in 2015 contemplate American conceptual artist Mel Bochner’s “All or nothing”. Text-based art challenges our perceptions of what art is, and our understanding of the meaning of words. Photo: [email protected] Basel
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Language Matters
Text-based art: from Mel Bochner to the ‘King of Kowloon’ to Hong Kong protesters’ Lennon Walls, what is it trying to say?
- For decades American conceptual artist Mel Bochner has been asking questions about language, communication and art with his text-based artworks
- Arguably Hong Kong graffiti artist the “King of Kowloon” did so too, and recent protesters with their Lennon Walls of Post-it notes
Visitors to Art Basel Hong Kong in 2015 contemplate American conceptual artist Mel Bochner’s “All or nothing”. Text-based art challenges our perceptions of what art is, and our understanding of the meaning of words. Photo: [email protected] Basel
