Mel Bochner-Strong Language-Blah Blah Yaddah Yaddah

Art is defined as the expression or application of human creative skill & imagination, typically in a visual form.  Does language constitute art?  Arguably, of course, what else would you call literary achievements, the spoken word on stage or poetry read aloud?  What do you call text painted on canvas?  I'm going to call it art for argument sake, for debate, up for discussion, discourse, course of action - reaction, subtraction, addition & endless possibilities.  Mel Bochner Amer. conceptual artist (b. 1940) whose paintings now on exhibit at the Jewish Museum, played, cajoled, rolled, fit, took part in the evolution of Conceptional art during the 1960's & '70's in reaction to the painterly abstract expressionist movement.  Mel Bochner's paintings are colorful words; synonyms to be exact, or merely to emphasize or enhance contemporary language as a social commentary.  The impact of the strong visual medium of paint clearly combines & compounds syntax with impact.   STRONG LANGUAGE - Bochner series of synonyms reverberate with easily deciphered words amassed to illuminate the idea of repetition as variation & the connection between the visual & verbal.  This is a fun exhibit meant to make you think & LOL but once inside, be quiet, silent, hushed or just SHUT THE FUCK UP!