Mel Bochner, Oh Well, 2010, oil and acrylic on two canvases, 100 x 75 inches. Courtesy Peter Freeman Inc., New York © Mel Bochner 2011 I saw this painting at the National Gallery of Art’s In the Tower: Mel Bochner exhibition over the holidays. It was great to see Bochner’s thesaurus series paintings since I’m most familiar with his conceptual measurements and oil stick works. The pieces are based on synonyms and slang or catch phrases that make you laugh out loud. But this painting (and Die too) is my favorite; it made me think of my dad who has Parkinson’s Disease and how hard “get over it” and “learn to live with it” really is. This painting makes me laugh. It’s funny. And it puts a satirical spin on negatively associated words. But my dad is an aeronautical engineer, not an artist. So when I told him about the painting he didn’t get it. He chuckled though. I think that’s the best response, especially since I told him I was going to hang it in his office. P.S. We had a huge culture cram during the holidays including the MoMA, Guggenheim, Wired Store, National Air & Space Museum, American Museum of Natural History, and more.
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Mel Bochner, Oh Well, 2010, oil and acrylic on two canvases, 100 x 75 inches. Courtesy Peter Freeman Inc., New York © Mel Bochner 2011

I saw this painting at the National Gallery of Art’s In the Tower: Mel Bochner exhibition over the holidays. It was great to see Bochner’s thesaurus series paintings since I’m most familiar with his conceptual measurements and oil stick works. The pieces are based on synonyms and slang or catch phrases that make you laugh out loud. But this painting (and Die too) is my favorite; it made me think of my dad who has Parkinson’s Disease and how hard “get over it” and “learn to live with it” really is. This painting makes me laugh. It’s funny. And it puts a satirical spin on negatively associated words. But my dad is an aeronautical engineer, not an artist. So when I told him about the painting he didn’t get it. He chuckled though. I think that’s the best response, especially since I told him I was going to hang it in his office.

P.S. We had a huge culture cram during the holidays including the MoMA, Guggenheim, Wired Store, National Air & Space Museum, American Museum of Natural History, and more.