NO (Black State)
1981
Lithograph on paper
image: 698 x 1038 mm on paper, print Purchased 1983 P07938
Nauman''s work often antagonises or disorients. The ''No'' of this is
in keeping with his refusal to offer solace or affirmation to the viewer. Its immediacy also demonstrate Nauman''s ongoing commitment to making what he describes as ''art that was just there all at once. Like getting hit in the face with a baseball bat. Or better, like getting hit in the back of the neck. You never see it coming; it just knocks you down''.
(From the display caption August 2004)
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