Saturday 20 November 2004, 10.30–16.30

It is rare that a living artist commands the respect and attention that has been given to Bruce Nauman. This study day offers an opportunity to assess Nauman's reputation in light of his major new  commission for Tate Modern's Turbine Hall.

Nauman was one of the first artists to explore the full range of media, materials and ways of working opened up by radical art practice in the 1960s. Exploring speech, slogans, and the materials of everyday life, he has moved effortlessly between photography, drawing, text, video, performance, sculpture and installation. This study day will trace key developments in Nauman's practice, focusing on his distinctive uses of absurdity, ambiguity and anxiety. There will also be an opportunity to consider the critics' and publics' responses to the new commission at Tate Modern.

Tate Modern  East Room
£25 (£15 concessions), booking required
Price includes refreshments

  

This event is related to the The Unilever Series: Bruce Nauman: Raw Materials exhibition