Opinion, Text-based art: from Mel Bochner to the 'King of Kowloon' to Hong Kong protesters' Lennon Walls, what is it trying to say?

American conceptual artist Mel Bochner’s text-based works prompt critical reactions about language and communication. So too, in its own way, does the graffiti of Hong Kong’s “King of Kowloon”.

Opinion Text-based art: from Mel Bochner to the 'King of Kowloon

Opinion Text-based art: from Mel Bochner to the 'King of Kowloon

Opinion Text-based art: from Mel Bochner to the 'King of Kowloon

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Opinion Text-based art: from Mel Bochner to the 'King of Kowloon

Opinion Text-based art: from Mel Bochner to the 'King of Kowloon

Opinion Text-based art: from Mel Bochner to the 'King of Kowloon

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Opinion Text-based art: from Mel Bochner to the 'King of Kowloon

Opinion Text-based art: from Mel Bochner to the 'King of Kowloon

Opinion Text-based art: from Mel Bochner to the 'King of Kowloon

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