A colorful poster showing many insulting words and slang arranged in bold, overlapping text.

Paintings

Stupid

2003

Medium
Oil, acrylic, and fabricated chalk on canvas
Dimensions
Overall: 45 × 60 in. (114.3 × 152.4 cm)
Accession number
2004.48
Acquired
2004
Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Painting and Sculpture Committee
Reproduction credit
© 2003 Mel Bochner
Department
collection

About this work

Mel Bochner, Stupid, 2003. Oil, acrylic, and fabricated chalk on canvas, overall: 45 × 60 in. (114.3 × 152.4 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Painting and Sculpture Committee 2004.48. © 2003 Mel Bochner

Visual description

Multiple synonyms of the word "stupid", including airhead and unitelligent, are scattered and varied in color aganist a dark blue background

Exhibitions featuring the artist

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