Mel Bochner’s Measurements have a genesis in his “Measurement: Room,” debuted at Galerie Heiner Friedrich (Munich) in 1969. In this space, Bochner’s exhibit served both to turn the room itself into the art object, and to frame the viewer within that gallery room.



According to the Tate, these works were, at least in part, a reflection of Bochner’s focus on the “abstract systems that govern the physical world.” These measurements, placed on the gallery walls as art, brings into question the viewer’s place in the space.