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Bruce Nauman  born 1941

Bruce Nauman Corridor with Mirror and White Lights 1971
© ARS, NY and DACS, London 2002
Corridor with Mirror and White Lights  1971

Wood and glass
object: 3048 x 178 x 12192 mm
sculpture

Purchased 1973

T01753
In his corridor pieces, Nauman's sculpture assumes the dimensions of architecture. The spaces in these corridors are often claustrophobic yet they seem to extend infinitely, like a corridor seen in a dream. In this piece, the extension of space is achieved by the placement of a mirror set at an angle at the end of the corridor. Some of Nauman's corridors are areas in which he or the viewer performs by entering the space. This is impossible here; the width of the corridor has been narrowed to make entrance impossible, thereby heightening the sense of eerie isolation in the piece.
 (From the display caption August 2004)