Three Dead End Adjacent Tunnels, Not Connected
1981
Cast iron
displayed: 630 x 2860 x 2476 mm sculpture Presented by the American Fund for the Tate Gallery 1992 T06526
Nauman made a series of tunnel works in wood and , which he subsequently in . In this work, three tunnels frustratingly fail to intersect and lead nowhere. Propped up on steel supports, they seem to float in space as if they existed in a parallel universe. The artist has commented 'I find triangular spaces really uncomfortable, disorientating kinds of spaces, not like a circle or a square that give you security.'
(From the display caption August 2004)
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