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Mel Bochner

 
Selected Solo Exhibition Catalogues/ Monographs
2017
Mel Bochner: Voices. New Haven: Peter Freeman, Inc., Yale University Press, 2017.
2015
Weiss, Jeffrey. Mel Bochner: Drawings 1966-1968. New York: Craig F Starr Gallery, 2015.
2014
Kleeblatt, Norman Mel Bochner Strong Language, New York: Yale University Press, New Haven, 2014.
2012
Borchardt-Hume, Achim and Doro Globus (eds). Mel Bochner: If The Colour Changes, London: Whitechapel Gallery, London: Ridinghouse, Munich:
Haus der Kunst, and Porto: Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, 2012.
Schwabsky, Barry. ‘Bochner’s Language-Colour Synthesis,’ Monoprints, New York: Two Palms, 2012.
Theory of Sculpture: Fontana’s Light, Los Angeles: Marc Selwyn Fine Art, 2012.
2010
Weiss, Jeffrey. ‘Ad Infinitum,’ Mel Bochner Photographs and Not Photographs, San Francisco: Fraenkel Gallery, 2010.
2009
Casati, Marta. Mel Bochner Monoprints, Rivoli: Galleria Metroquadro, 2009.
2007
Paul, Frédéric and Mel Bochner. Mel Bochner, Bignan: Domaine de Kerguéhennec, 2007.
Johanna Burton, James Meyer and James Rondeau. Mel Bochner: Language 1966–2006, Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2007.
2006
Fine, Ruth. Mel Bochner: Drawings from Four Decades, New York: Fifth Floor Foundation, 2006.
2003
Arditi, Fiamma. Mel Bochner: Opera Recenti, Rome: Galleria d’Arte il Gabbiano, 2003.
2002
Besacier, Hubert. Mel Bochner Measurements: Works from the 1960s/1990s, Dijon: FRAC Bourgogne, 2002.
Rothkopf, Scott. Mel Bochner Photographs 1966–1969, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002.
2001
Kuroiwa, Kyosuke. ‘Mel Bochner,’ Mel Bochner Paintings and Sculptures, Japan: Akira Ikeda Gallery, 2001.
1999
Mel Bochner, Rio de Janeiro: Centro de Arte Hélio Oiticica, 1999.
1998
Schwabsky, Barry and Mel Bochner. Mel Bochner: Drawings 1966–1973, New York: Lawrence Markey Gallery, 1998.
1997
Meyer, James and Christophe Laurent Jenny. ‘Mel Bochner: Working Drawings and Other Visible Things on Paper Not Necessarily Meant to Be Viewed as Art’, Geneva: Cabinet des Estampes du Musée d’art et d’histoire, Musée d’art et d’histoire, 1997. 
1995
Field, Richard. Mel Bochner: Thought Made Visible 1966–1973, New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 1995.
1985
King, Elaine. Mel Bochner: 1973–1985, Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University, 1985.
1982
‘Bochner à Senanque: deux moments d’un parcours,’ Mel Bochner: Oeuvres Recentes, Gordes: Renault Recherches Art et Industrie, Centre International de Creation Artistique, Abbaye de Senanque, 1982.
1979
Anderson, Richard. The Minimal Tradition, Ridgefield: Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, 1979. 
1976
Richardson, Brenda. Mel Bochner: Number and Shape, Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1976.
Selected Group Exhibitions Catalogues/Books
2017
Ehleiter, Regine. ‘What’s Unfolding,’ Oliver: Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral, 2017. Kornhoff, Was Sich Abzeichnet, Cologne: Salon Verlag, 2017.
Dryansky, Larisa. Cartophotographies: De l’art conceptuel au Land Art, Coédition CTHS-INHA, Paris, 2017.
2016
Baldacci, Cristina. Archivi impossibili. Un’ossessione dell’arte contemporanea, Monza: Johan & Levi, 2016.
2011
Delahunty, Gavin and Christoph Schulz (eds), Alice in Wonderland: Through the Visual Arts, London: Tate Publishing, 2011.
Wingate, Ealan and Emily Florido (eds), Robert Rauschenberg, London and Munich: Prestel, 2011.
Dabrowski, Magdalena, Yve-Alain Bois, Aleksandra Shatskikh, Mark Francis, James Turrell, Donald Judd, Mel Bochner and John Coplans, 
Malevich and the American Legacy, New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2011.
Mark Godfrey, Robin Kelsey, Anne Rorimer, Allen Ruppersberg, Guiliano Sergio, Joshua Shannon and Matthew S. Matthew S. Witkovsky ed.
Witkovsky, Light Years: Conceptual Art and the Photograph, 1964–1977, Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2011.
Pascale, Mark. Drawings from the Collection of Irving Stenn, Jr., Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2011.
2010
Buchloh, Benjamin H.D. Birgit Pelzer, Herman and Nicole Daled, A Bit of Matter and a Little Bit More. The Collection and the Archives of Herman and
Nicole Daled 1966–1978, Munich: Haus der Kunst and Cologne : Verlag Buchhandlung Walther König, 2010.
2009
Wei Rales, Emily and Jeffrey Weiss. If We Could Imagine, Potomac: Glenstone Foundation, 2009.
2008
Bois, Yve-Alain. ‘What If…,’ Mel Bochner, Solar System & Rest Rooms: Writings and Interviews 1965–2007, Cambridge: MIT Press, 2008.
2007
Godfrey, Mark. Abstraction and the Holocaust, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007.
2005
Burton, Johanna, Mark Godfrey and Boris Groys, Donna De Salvo ed. Open Systems: Rethinking Art c.1970, London: Tate Publishing, 2005.
 
2004
Iles, Chrissie et al., 2004 Whitney Biennial, New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 2004.
Armstrong, Philip, Laurie Lisbon and Stephan Melville eds. ‘Mel Bochner,’ As Painting: Division and Displacement, Cambridge: MIT Press, 2004.
Zelavansky, Lynn. Beyond Geometry, Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art and New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004.
Goldstein, Ann. A Minimal Future? Art As Object 1958–1968, Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Cambridge: MIT Press, 2004.
2001
Meyer, James. Minimalism: Art and Polemics in the Sixties, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001.
Rorimer, Anne. New Art in the 60s and 70s, Redefining Reality, London: Thames & Hudson, 2001.
1999
Todoli, Vicente (ed), Circa 1968, Porto:  Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, 1999.
Wilmes, Ulrich. ‘36 Photographs and 12 Diagrams,’ Das Gedächtnis öffnet seine Tore, Ostfildern-Ruit:  Hatje Cantz Verlag, 1999.
1998
Godfrey, Tony. Conceptual Art (Art & Ideas), London: Phaidon, 1998.
1995
Goldstein, Ann and Anne Rorimer eds. Reconsidering the Object of Art: 1965–1975, Cambridge: MIT Press, 1995.
1994
Paoletti, John T. ‘The Form of Thought,’ Minimal to Conceptual Art Work from the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection, Washington DC: National Gallery of Art, 1994.
 
1989
Gintz, Claude, Juliette Laffon and Angeline Scherf eds. L’Art conceptuel, une perspective, Paris: Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1989.
1980
Halbreich, Kathy. Mel Bochner/Richard Serra, Cambridge: Hayden Gallery and MIT Press, 1980. 
1976
Rose, Bernice: Drawing Now, New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1976.
1975
Dunham, Carroll and Ragland Watkins ed. Mel Bochner, Barry Le Va, Dorothea Rockburne, Richard Tuttle, Cincinatti: The Contemporary Arts Center, 1975.
1973
Lippard, Lucy. Six Years: The Dematerialization of Art, New York: Praeger Books, 1973, (second edition: University of California Press, Berkeley, 1997).
1972
documenta (5), Kassel, 1972.
1970
McShine, Kynaston ed. Information, New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1970.
1969
Szeemann, Harald. When Attitudes Become Form, Bern: Kunsthalle Bern, 1969.
Selected Articles and Reviews
2014
Holmboe. Rye Dag, "Review: Mel Bochner Strong Language at the Jewish Museum," Apollo Magazine, July 19, 2014.
Altman, Anna. 'Mel Bochner's Thesaurus Paintings,' The New Yorker, June 17, 2014.
Kalina, Richard. 'Stop, Look And Listen! Mel Bochner Strong Language,' The Brooklyn Rail, June 5, 2014.
Ken Johnson. 'Secret Power of Synonyms,' The New York Times, May 2, 2014.
Pechman, Alexandra. 'The Painted Blah,' artnews, May 2014.
 
2013
Cullinan, Nicholas. 'Critic's Picks: Mel Bochner,' Artforum, February 2013
2012
Vogel, Carol. ‘Inside Art,’ The New York Times, June 29, 2012.
Altug Evrim. ‘Mel Bochner at Egeran Gallery,’ Cumhuriyet, Istanbul, Turkey, June 3, 2012.
Morse, Trent. ‘Mel Bochner,’ artnews, April 2012, p.107.
Finkel, Jori. ‘Mel Bochner recreates a 1991 show for Marc Selwyn Fine Art,’ Los Angeles Times, March 4, 2012.
Heinrich, Will. ‘Mel Bochner,’ Art in America, March 2012, pp.160–61.
Vazquez, Edward. ‘Critics Picks: Mel Bochner,’ Artforum, February 2012.
Winant, Carment. ‘Mel Bochner,’ frieze, no.144, January/February 2012.
‘Galleries: Downtown: Mel Bochner,’ The New Yorker, January 2, 2012.
2011
Post, Ari. ‘“Amazing!” Mel Bochner in the Tower’, The Georgetowner, November 30, 2011.
Kennicott, Philip. ‘Critics review: National Gallery’s “In the Tower: Mel Bochner,” The Washington Post, November 4, 2011.
2010
Baker, Ken. ‘Bochner Doesn’t Take Photographs,’ San Francisco Chronicle, September16–19, 2017, section F, p.4.
Thompson, Anne. ‘Critics Picks: Mel Bochner,’ Artforum, June 22, 2010.
Ollman, Leah. ‘Art Review: Mel Bochner at Marc Selwyn Fine Art’, Los Angeles Times, March 5, 2017.
Schriber, Abbe. ‘1969 at PS1 Contemporary Art Center’, Artcritical.com, January 7, 2010.
Wilmes, Ulrich. ‘Mel Bochner, Sprache, Raum, Bedeutung (Language, Space, Meaning’),’ Künstler – Kritisches Lexikon der Gegenwartskunst, Zeit Kunstverlag, Munich, 2010.
2009
Cash, Stephanie. ‘Dallas Scores Again,’ Art in America, October 2009, p.36.
2008
Lawn, Andrzej. ‘Flash Reviews: Mel Bochner,’ Flash Art, October 2008, p.260.
Markus, David. ‘Mel Bochner,’ The Brooklyn Rail, June 2008.
Coggins, David. ‘Mel Bochner,’ Time Out New York, May 15–21, 2017 p.74.
Smith, Roberta. ‘Mel Bochner,’ The New York Times, May 2, 2008, section E, p.30.
Lehrer-Graiwer, Sarah. ‘Critic’s Picks: Mel Bochner,’ Artforum, April 29, 2008.
Varian, Elayne. ‘Interview’ in Mel Bochner, Solar System & Rest Rooms: Writings and Interviews 1965–2007,’ MIT Press, Cambridge, 2008, pp.56–60.
2007
Weiss, Jeffrey. ‘Event Horizon: Mel Bochner,’ Peter Freeman, Inc., New York and Galerie Nelson-Freeman, Paris, 2007.
Mooney, Christopher ‘Mel Bochner: 1998–2007: Painting, Sculpture and Installation’, Art Review, May 2007, p.137.
Grabner, Michelle ‘Mel Bochner: The Art Institute of Chicago,’ frieze, no.105, March 2007, p.191.
Meyers, Terry R. ‘Reviews: Chicago, Mel Bochner: Language 1966–2006, Art Institute of Chicago,’ Modern Painters, February 2007, pp.94–95.
2006
Foumberg, Jason. ‘Portrait of the Artist: Mel Bochner,’ Newcity, December 2006, p.21.
Iles, Chrissie. ‘Best of 2006,’ Artforum, no.45, December 2006, p.272.
McKinnon, John. ‘Critic’s Picks: Chicago, Mel Bochner Spertus Museum,’ Artforum, November 15, 2006.
Kwerel, Laura ‘A Diary of a Journey: Three Exhibitions Focus on Art across Language, Time,’ Chicago Journal, October 19, 2006.
Artner, Alan G. ‘Mel Bochner has a way with words,’ Chicago Tribune, October 12, 2006, section 5, p.3. 
Koenig, Wendy. ‘Mel Bochner,’ Art Papers, no.30, September/October 2006, p.53.
Griffin, Tim. ‘Secrets of the Domes,’ Artforum, no.45, September, p.360.
King, Jennifer ‘Mel Bochner: Drawing from Four Decades at Wynn Kramarsky,’ Art on Paper, no.10, July/August 2006, p.68.
Welish, Marjorie. ‘Mel Bochner: Werner H. Kramarsky,’ New York, Art Monthly, no.298, July/August 2006, pp.32–33. 
Smith, Roberta. ‘Art in Review: Mel Bochner,’ The New York Times, June 16, 2006, p.33.
‘Art in Conversation: Mel Bochner with Phong Bui,’ Brooklyn Rail, May 2006, pp.16–17.
2005
‘The Garden According to Bochner,’ Sculpture, no.24, March 2005, pp.12–13.
2004
Weiss, Jeffrey. ‘Language in the Vicinity of Art: Artists’ Writings, 1960–1975,’ Artforum, no.42, Summer 2004, pp.212–17.
‘Language Factory: Mel Bochner Talks to Mark Godfrey About Words, Portraits, Roget’s Thesaurus, Color, Jorge Luis Borges, Humour, Nostalgia and Political Engagement,’ frieze, no.87, November/December 2004, pp.102–05.
2003
Bruyn, Eric de. ‘Alfaville, or the Utopics of Mel Bochner,’ Grey Room, no.10, Winter 2003, pp.76–111.
2002
Lamm, April. ‘Mel Bochner: Akira Ikeda Berlin,’ artnews, no.101, November 2002, p.285.
2001
Heartney, Eleanor. ‘Mel Bochner at Sonnabend,’ Art in America, no.89, June 2001, p.126.
Ratcliff, Carter. ‘Paper Remade in 1960s Conceptualism,’ Art on Paper, no.5, March/April 2001, pp.55–57.
MacAdam, Alfred. ‘Mel Bochner Sonnabend,’ artnews, no.100, January 2001, p.151.
‘How Can You Defend Making Paintings Now? A Conversation between Mel Bochner and James Meyer,’ As Painting: Division and Displacement, Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio State University, Columbus, 2001, pp.199–204.
2000
Vanel, Hervé. ‘Notes sur Mel Bochner,’ Pratiques, no.9, Autumn 2000, pp.18–24.
1999
Penders, Ann-Françoise. ‘Photo-Texte-Abyme,’ Pratiques, no.7, Autumn 1999, pp.72–88. 
1998
Wilson, William S. ‘Museum Reviews Mel Bochner: Operational Mischief,’ On Paper, no.2, July/August 1998, pp.44–45.
MacAdam, Barbara. ‘Where the Dinosaurs Are the Old Masters,’ artnews, no.97, March 1998, p.166.
1997
Bois, Yve-Alain and Rosalind E. Krauss. Formless: A User’s Guide, Zone Books, New York, 1997.
Rotman, Brian. ‘Mel Bochner: Visible Thinking,’ Trans, no.1–2, 3–4, 1997, pp.167–69.
1996
Kalina, Richard. ‘Measure for Measure,’ Art in America, no.84, September 1996, pp.88–93.
Schwendenwien, Jude. ‘Mel Bochner: Thought Made Visible 1966–1973,’ Sculpture, no.15, July/August 1996, pp.54–55.
Karmel, Pepe. ‘Old Master of the Utterly New,’ artnews, no.95, May 1996, pp.123–25.
Ippolito, Jon. ‘Where Has All the Uncertainty Gone?,’ Flash Art, no.189, Summer 1996, pp.83–86.
Alberro, Alexander. ‘Mel Bochner: Thought Made Visible 1966–1973,’ Artforum, no.34, February 1996, pp.80–81.
1995
Schwabsky, Barry. ‘Mel Bochner, Gravats. Représentation des premières œuvres,’ Exposé, no.2, 1995, pp.134–43.
‘Reviews: Mel Bochner, Thought Made Visible,’ 1966–1973, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven,’ Drawing, no.17, May/June 1995, pp.64–65.
Davenport, Kimberly. ‘Impossible Liberties: Contemporary Artists on the Life of Their Work over Time,’ Art Journal, no.54, Summer 1995, pp.40–52.
1994
Meyer, James. ‘Bochner’s Measurement Series,’ in Peter Weibel (ed), Kontext Kunst, DuMont Buchverlag, Cologne, 1994, pp.129–33.
Schwabsky, Barry. ‘Reverse Continuity: the Prints of Mel Bochner,’ Print Collector’s Newsletter, no.25, July/August 1994, pp.85–88.
Raynor, Vivien. ‘Minimalism, and After That,’ The New York Times, June 26, 1994, p.16.
Avgikos, Jan. ‘Review,’ Artforum, no.32, March 1994, p.85.
Karmel, Pepe. ‘Review: Mel Bochner at Sonnabend,’ Art in America, no.82, February 1994, p.99. 
Smith, Roberta. ‘Art in Review,’ The New York Times, January 7, 1994, p.23.
Marano, Lizbeth. ‘Mel Bochner Interview,’ Archives of American Art, May 1994.
Meyer, James. ‘Mel Bochner: The Gallery is a Theater,’ Flash Art, no.27, Summer 1994, pp.99–101.
1992
Zevi, Adachiara. ‘Mel Bochner: il numero che sottende l’oggetto,’ L’Architettura, no.38, September 1992, pp.647–50.
Haldane, JJ ‘On Certainty,’ The Philosophical Quarterly, no.42, April 1992, p.262.
1991
Danto, Arthur C. ‘Introduction,’ in Ludwig Wittgenstein, On Certainty/Uber Gewissheit, Arion Press, San Francisco, 1991.
Prinz, Jessica. Art Discourse/Discourse in Art, Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, 1991.
Pardee, Hearne. ‘Review: Mel Bochner at SteinGladstone,’ artnews, no.90, December 1991, pp.124–25.
Meyer, James. ‘Mel Bochner at SteinGladstone,’ Flash Art, no.161, November/December 1991, p.132.
Smith, Roberta. ‘Review: Mel Bochner at SteinGladstone,’ The New York Times, October 18, 1991, p.28.
Smith, Roberta. ‘Vision of the 60s, From Two Dealers Who Shaped It,’ The New York Times, August 6, 1991, p.1.
‘Mel Bochner & Ludwig Wittgenstein, On Certainty,’ Print Collector’s Newsletter, no.22, July/August 1991, p.98. 
Jones, Bill. ‘Peter Halley, Robert Rauschenberg, Mel Bocher’, Tema Celeste, no.30, March/April 1991, p.85.
Iovane, Ginovanni. ‘Review,’ Artefactum, no.8, February/March 1991, p.44.
‘Abstract Art: Alive and Well in ’91,’ Journal of Art, no.4, June/August 1991, pp.28–30.
1990
Buchloh, Benjamin H.D. ‘Conceptual Art 1962–1969: From the Aesthetic of Administration to the Critique of Institution,’ October, no.55, Winter 1990, pp.105–43.
1989
‘Out of Context: Mel Bochner with Melissa Marks,’ Tema Celeste, no.21, July–September 1989, pp.61–63.
Rose, Barbara. ‘Interview: Abstraction Up Against the Wall,’ The Photojournal of Art, April 1989, pp.54–57.
1988
Russell, John. ‘For ’60s Devotees, a Show Fraught with Nostalgia,’ The New York Times, November 27, 1988, p.39.
Valabrèque, Frédéric. ‘Mel Bochner: From Idea to Experience,’ Arte Factum, no.5, June/August 1988, pp.14–17.
‘From Idea to Experience: Interview with Fréderic Valabrèque,’ Artefactum, June/August 1988, pp.14–17, 58, 62–63.
‘Interview: Mel Bochner Talks with Paul Cummings,’ Drawing, no.10, May/June 1988, pp.9–13.
1987
Jacobs, Joseph. ‘The New Photography,’ This Is Not A Photograph: Twenty Years of Large-Scale Photography 1966–1986,’ The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota. 
Smith, Roberta. ‘Art: Mel Bochner Show at Sonnabend Gallery,’ The New York Times, February 20, 1987, p.23.
1986
Marck, Jan Van der. ‘Mel Bochner: du language au visuel,’ Art Press, no.105, July/August 1986, pp.10–13.
Marck, Jan Van der. ‘Mel Bochner: Point to Point’, Artforum, no.24, April 1986, pp.101–05.
‘The Archeology of Doubt: Mel Bochner in Conversation with Jacopo Benci,’ 891 International Artists Magazine, no.3, June 1986, pp.8–13.
1985
Westfall, Stephen. ‘Bochner Unbound,’ Art in America, no.73, July 1985, pp.108–13. 
McEvilley, Thomas. ‘I Think Therefore I Art,’ Artforum, no.23, Summer 1985, pp.74–84.
Stuckey, Charles. ‘Interview’, Mel Bochner: 1973–1985,’ Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, 1985, pp.16–22. 
1984
Collings, Betty. ‘Mel Bochner’s Art as a Study of Mental Process,’ Arts Magazine, no.58, May 1984, pp.86–89.
 
1981
Millet, Catherine. ‘L’art de la din de l’art … 10 ans après,’ Art Press International, no.54, December 1981, pp.6–9.
1980
‘De la théorie à l’experience,’ Artistes, no.5, June/July 1980, pp.26–30.
Gintz, Claude. ‘Entretien avec Mel Bochner,’ Artistes, no.5, June/July 1980, pp.31–33.
1979
Gintz (ed), Claude. Regards sur l’art americain des années soixante, Éditions Territoires, Paris, 1979. 
1978
Greenspan, Stuart. ‘Review of Exhibition at Sonnabend Gallery,’ Artforum, no.16, April 1978, pp.67–68.
Louie, Reagan. ‘Bochner’s Contradictions and Continuities,’ Artweek, no.9, April 8, 1978, p.7.
Goldin, Amy. ‘The Body Language of Pictures,’ Artforum, no.16, March 1978, pp.54–59.
Pincus-Witten, Robert. ‘Strategies Worth Pondering: Bochner, Shapiro, Reise, LeWitt,’ Arts Magazine, no.52, April 1978, pp.142–45.
Perrone, Jeff. ‘Mel Bochner: Getting from A to B,’ Artforum, no.16, January, pp.24–32.
Tatransky, Valentin. ‘Vito Acconci, Mel Bochner, Barry Le Va,’ Arts Magazine, no.52, January 1978, pp.27–28.
1977
Krauss, Rosalind E. Passages in Modern Sculpture, The MIT Press, Cambridge
Philip Larson, ‘Aquatints Again’, Print Collector’s Newsletter, no.8, July/August 1977, pp.61–65.
1976
Gablik, Suzi. Progress in Art, Thames and Hudson, London, 1976. 
Johnson, Ellen H. ‘Modern Art and the Object: A Century of Changing Attitudes,’ Harper & Row, New York, 1976.
Richard, Paul. ‘Art From Numbers,’ Washington Post, October 27, 1976. 
Smith, Roberta. ‘Reviews,’ Artforum, no.14, May 1976, p.64. 
Hess, Thomas B. ‘Polished Constructivism,’ New York, vol.9, no.9, March 1976, pp.61–62.
Johnson, Ellen H. ‘Art?=?Idea +/? the Object: Talking with Mel Bochner, 18 April 1972,’ Modern Art and the Object, Harper & Row, New York, 1976, pp.204–15.
1975
Smith, Roberta ‘Reviews,’ Artforum, no.13, Summer 1975, pp.73–74.
1974
Krauss, Rosalind E. Line as Language: Six Artists Draw, The Art Museum, Princeton, 1974. 
McDonald, Robert. ‘Mel Bochner,’ Artweek, no.5, September 21, 1974, pp.1–16.
Gilbert-Rolfe, Jeremy. ‘Line as Language: Six Artists Draw,’ Artforum, no.12, June 1974, pp.67–68.
P. Sterckx and V. Baudoux, ‘Concept and Cie,’ Clés pour les artes (Brussels), no.44, June 1974, pp.26–27.
Anderson, Laurie. ‘Line as Language: Six Artists Draw,’ artnews, no.73, Summer 1974, pp.113–14. 
Edit, Deak. ‘Mel Bochner at Sonnabend,’ Art in America, no.62, January/February 1974, pp.100–02.
Coplans, John. ‘Mel Bochner on Malevich, an Interview,’ Artforum, no.12, June 1974, pp.59–63.
1973
Stitelman, Paul. ‘Mel Bochner at Sonnabend Downtown,’ Arts Magazine, no.48, December 1973, pp.59–60.
Thomsen, Barbara. ‘Reviews and Previews: Mel Bochner,’ Art News, no.72, December, 1973, pp.90–93.
Smith, Roberta. ‘Mel Bochner at Sonnabend’, Artforum, no.12, December 1973, p.82. 
Kingsley, April. ‘New York: Mel Bochner’s Sonnabend Gallery Show’, Art International, no.17, December 1973, p.59.
Krauss, Rosalind E. ‘Sense and Sensibility: Reflection on Post ’60s Sculpture,’ Artforum, no.12, November 1973, pp.43–52.
Schjeldahl, Peter. ‘In and Out of Step in Soho,’ The New York Times, October 14, 1973, p.32.
Stephano, Ellie. ‘Paris,’ Art and Artists, no.8, August 1973, pp.46–47.
Haller, L. ‘Bochner,’ Flash Art, no.41, June 1973, pp.14–15.
Boice, Bruce. ‘Mel Bochner’s Drawings,’ Artforum, no.11, April 1973, pp.75–76.
Bruce Boice, ‘The Axiom of Indifference’, Arts Magazine, no.47, April, pp.66–68
Crimp, Douglas. ‘New York Letter,’ Art International, no.17, April 1973, pp.57–59, 102–03.
Martin, Henry ‘Milan in Winter: Duchampiana,’ Art International, no.17, April 1973, p.64.
Anderson, Laurie. ‘Review,’ Art News, no.72, March 1973, p.82.
Lubell, Ellen ‘Mel Bochner at Sonnabend Downtown,’ Arts Magazine, no.47, March 1973, p.77.
Mayer, Rosemary. ‘New York: Mel Bochner at Sonnabend Downtown,’ Arts Magazine, no.47, March 1973, p.7.
Haller, Lisa. ‘Flash Art Interview,’ Flash Art, June 1973, pp.14–15.
1972
Boice, Bruce. ‘Mel Bochner at Hartford Art School,’ Artforum, no.11, December 1972, pp.86–87. 
Pincus-Witten, Robert. ‘Mel Bochner: the Constant as Variable,’ Artforum, no.11, December 1972, pp.28–34.
Boice, Bruce. ‘The Quality Problem,’ Artforum, no.11, October 1972, pp.68–70.
Smith, Roberta ‘Mel Bochner,’ Data Magazine, no.5–6, Summer 1972, pp.92–93. 
‘New York,’ Art and Artists, no.7, May 1972, pp.50–51.
Tisdall, Caroline ‘Good Form,’ Guardian Arts, May 4, 1972.
Borden, Lizzie. ‘Mel Bochner at Sonnabend,’ Artforum, no.10, April 1972, pp.84–85.
Wolmer, Denise. ‘In the Galleries: Mel Bochner at Sonnabend Downtown,’ Arts Magazine, no.46, April 1972, p.67.
Holmes, Ann. ‘The Spotlight,’ The Houston Chronicle, April 23, 1972, p.17.
Cork, Richard. ‘Shadow Without Substance,’ Evening Standard, April 13, 1972, p.8.
Kingsley, April. ‘Reviews and Previews,’ Art News, no.71, March 1972, pp.8, 12.
Tatransky, Valentin. ‘Mel Bochner,’ Arts Magazine, no.52, March 1972, p.17.
Ratcliff, Carter. ‘New York Letter,’ Art International, no.16, January 1972, pp.40–45, 66–67.
1971
Pincus-Witten, Robert. ‘Bochner at MoMA: Three Ideas and Seven Procedures,’ Artforum, no.10, December 1971, pp.233–35.
Pincus-Witten, Robert ‘Anglo-American Standard Reference Works: Acute Conceptualism,’ Artforum, no.10, October 1971, pp.82–85. 
Richard Channin, ‘Mel Bochner at 112 Greene St.,’ Art News, no.70, May 1971, p.11.
Pincus-Witten, Robert. ‘Review: Mel Bochner at 112 Greene Street Gallery,’ Artforum, no.9, May 1971, pp.75–76.
Benthall, Jonathan. ‘Bochner and Photography: Technology and Art 24,’ Studio International, no.181, April 1971, pp.147–48.
Shirey, David L. ‘Downtown Scene,’ The New York Times, March 24, 1971, p.49.
1970
Pincus-Witten, Robert. ‘Reviews: New York’, Artforum, no.8, September 1970, pp.75–77.
Battcock, Gregory. ‘Documentation in Conceptual Art,’ Arts Magazine, no.44, April 1970, pp.42–45
Ashton, Dore. ‘New York Commentary’, Studio International, no.179, March 1970, pp.118–19. 
Leider, Philip. ‘Review of “Art in Process IV,’ Artforum, no.9, February 1970, p.70.
1969
Müller, Grégoire. ‘Art in Process IV,’ Arts Magazine, no.44, December 1969–January 1970, pp.55–56.
Plagens, Peter. ‘557,087,’ Artforum, no.8, November 1969, pp.64–67.
Perreault, John. ‘Art: Para-Visual,’ The Village Voice, 5 June 1969, pp.16–18.
1968
Battcock, Gregory (ed). Minimal Art: A Critical Anthology, Dutton, New York, 1968.
Chandler, John. ‘The Last Word in Graphic Art,’ Art International, no.12, November 1968, pp.25–28.
Lippard, Lucy R. and John Chandler, ‘The Dematerialization of Art,’ Art International, no.12, February 1968, pp.31–36.
1967
Lee, David. ‘Serial Rights,’ Art News, no.66, December 1967, pp.42–45.
LeWitt, Sol. ‘Paragraphs on Conceptual Art,’ Artforum, no.5, Summer 1967, pp.79–83.
Graham, Dan. ‘Models and Monuments: The Plague of Architecture,’ Arts Magazine, no.41, March 1967, pp.62–63.
Perreault, John. ‘Union-Made: Report on a Phenomenon,’ Arts Magazine, no.41, March 1967, pp.26–31. 
Sloane, Patricia. ‘Scale Models, Drawings,’ Arts Magazine, no.41, February 1967, p.57.
Writings by the Artist
2008
Solar System & Rest Rooms: Writings and Interviews 1965–2007, Cambridge: MIT Press, 2008.
2006
‘Secrets of the Domes,’ Artforum, no.45, September 2006, pp.341–45.
2003
Cherix, Christope and Valérie Mavridorakis (eds). Spéculations: Écrits, 1965–1973, Thierry Dubois (trans), Geneva : Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, 2003.
1995
Davenport, Kimberly (ed). ‘Impossible Liberties: Contemporary Artists on the Life of Their Work over Time,’ Art Journal, no.54, Summer 1995, pp.40–52.
1993
Mel Bochner, Tokyo: Gallery 360°, 1993.
‘Mel Bochner: Venticinque Anni: Scritti e interviste 1966–1990’, Cecilia Casorati, Stefano Chiodi and Giovanni Iovane (trans), Carte d Arte: Internazionel Rivista d’ Arte Contemporanea, no. 3, September 1993.
1982
Mel Bochner: oeuvres récentes, Paris: Centre International de Création Artistique, 1982.
1978
‘Letter to the Editor,’ Arts Magazine, no.52, May 1978, p.24.
1975
‘Catalogue Statement,’ Prints: Bochner, LeWitt, Mangold, Marden, Martin, Renouf, Rockburne, Ryman, Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1975. 
1974
Mel Bochner: (toward) Axiom of Indifference 1972–1973, New York and Paris Sonnabend Gallery, 1974.
1973
‘Primer: The Complete Catalog of Twenty-One Demonstrations from “A Theory of Sculpture: Counting,”’ Milan : Flash Art Edizioni, 1973
‘Ten to 10,’ Some Recent American Art, New York: The International Council of the Museum of Modern Art, 1973, p.21.
‘Six Years: The Dematerialization of the Art Object,’ Artforum, no.11, June 1973, pp.74–75. 
1972
‘Especulaciones,’ Mel Bochner, Buenos Aires: Centro de Arte y Communicacion, 1972.
‘Mel Bochner: 3 Demonstrations,’ A Theory of Sculpture: Counting, Bari: Galleria Marilena Bonomo, 1972, pp.10–27.
‘Parenthetical Reflections on Five Earlier Statements,’ Arts Magazine, no.46, Summer 1972, p.38.
‘Réflections sur l’Axiome de l‚ puisement par Mel Bochner,’ Artitudes, no.4, February 1972, p.17.
‘Three Statements for Data Magazine,’ Data Magazine, no.2, February 1972, pp.62–67.
1971
11 Excerpts (1967–1970), Paris: Edition Sonnabend, 1971.
Mel Bochner, Milan: Editore Toselli, 1971.
Mel Bochner/Notes on Theory, Kingston: University of Rhode Island, 1971.
‘Mental Exercise #1 (Counting),’ The Art Gallery Magazine, no.14, April 1971, pp.32–33.
 
1970
Misunderstandings (A Theory of Photography), boxed catalogue, Artists and Photographs, New York: Multiples Gallery, 1970.
‘10 Hypotheses de Travail,’ VH–101, Autumn, 1970, pp.46–47.
‘Bullshit (Response to Tim Ulrich),’ Artforum, no. 9, October 1970.
‘Conditions,’ Art & Project Bulletin, Amsterdam, no.27, September 15, 1970.
‘Excerpts from Speculation,’ Artforum, no.8, May 1970, pp.70–73.
‘Theory of Boundaries,’ Arts Magazine, no.44, April 1970, p.44.
‘Art at Risk,’ Studio International, no.179, February 1970, pp.44–45. 
 
1969
‘Anyone Can Learn to Draw,’ press release for Drawings, Munich: Galerie Heiner Friedrich, 1969. 
1968
‘Alfaville, Godard’s Apocalypse,’ Arts Magazine, no.42, May 1968, pp.14–17.
1967
‘The Serial Attitude,’ Artforum, no.6, December 1967, pp.28–33.
‘Seven Translucent Tiers,’ Aspen 5+6, Autumn/Winter 1967.
‘Serial Art Systems: Solipsism,’ Arts Magazine, no.41, Summer 1967, pp.39–43.
1966
‘Review: Eccentric Abstraction,’ Arts Magazine, no.41, November 1966, pp.57–58. 
‘Systemic Painting’, Arts Magazine, no.41, November 1966, pp.57–58.
‘Art in Process-Structures,’ Arts Magazine, no.40, September/October 1966, pp.38–39.
Smithson, Robert and Mel Bochner. ‘The Domain of the Great Bear,’ Art Voices, no.5, Autumn, pp.44–51.
‘Primary Structures: A Declaration of a New Attitude As Revealed By an Important Current Exhibition,’ Arts Magazine, no.40, June 1966, pp.32–35.