Bruce Nauman

born 1941

Bruce Nauman, ‘Good Boy Bad Boy’ 1985
Good Boy Bad Boy 1985
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Biography

Bruce Nauman (born December 6, 1941) is an American artist. His practice spans a broad range of media including sculpture, photography, neon, video, drawing, printmaking, and performance. Nauman lives near Galisteo, New Mexico.

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Artworks

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Bruce Nauman, ‘Good Boy Bad Boy’ 1985

Bruce Nauman Good Boy Bad Boy

1985
Bruce Nauman, ‘MAPPING THE STUDIO II with color shift, flip, flop, & flip/flop (Fat Chance John Cage)’ 2001

Bruce Nauman MAPPING THE STUDIO II with color shift, flip, flop, & flip/flop (Fat Chance John Cage)

2001
Bruce Nauman, ‘VIOLINS VIOLENCE SILENCE’ 1981–2

Bruce Nauman VIOLINS VIOLENCE SILENCE

1981–2
Bruce Nauman, ‘Violent Incident’ 1986

Bruce Nauman Violent Incident

1986
Bruce Nauman, ‘a’ 1970

Bruce Nauman a

1970
Bruce Nauman, ‘Changing Light Corridor with Rooms’ 1971

Bruce Nauman Changing Light Corridor with Rooms

1971
Bruce Nauman, ‘Setting a Good Corner (Allegory and Metaphor)’ 1999

Bruce Nauman Setting a Good Corner (Allegory and Metaphor)

1999
Bruce Nauman, ‘Untitled (Hand Circle)’ 1996

Bruce Nauman Untitled (Hand Circle)

1996
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Artist as subject

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Bruce Nauman, ‘a’ 1970

Bruce Nauman a

1970
Bruce Nauman, ‘Setting a Good Corner (Allegory and Metaphor)’ 1999

Bruce Nauman Setting a Good Corner (Allegory and Metaphor)

1999
Bruce Nauman, ‘c’ 1970

Bruce Nauman c

1970
Bruce Nauman, ‘e’ 1970

Bruce Nauman e

1970
Bruce Nauman, ‘b’ 1970

Bruce Nauman b

1970
Bruce Nauman, ‘d’ 1970

Bruce Nauman d

1970

Film and audio
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Bruce Nauman:‘The true artist helps the world’

Collaborators and fans explain the influence and mystery of the American artist

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ARTIST ROOMS Bruce Nauman - York St Mary's

ARTIST ROOMS On Tour brings American artist Bruce Nauman's diverse works to the unique setting of York St Mary ...

Still image of The Unilever Series: Bruce Nauman - Raw Materials
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The Unilever Series: Bruce Nauman - Raw Materials

Timelapse of installation

Features

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Essay

Bruce Nauman: Raw Materials

Find out more about the artist's career and his work for the Tate Modern's Turbine Hall

Bruce Nauman, ‘Violent Incident’ 1986
Art Term

Electronic media

The most common examples of electronic media are video recordings, audio recordings, slide presentations, CD-ROM and online content

Bruce Nauman, ‘MAPPING THE STUDIO II with color shift, flip, flop, & flip/flop (Fat Chance John Cage)’ 2001
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Time-based media

Refers to art that is dependent on technology and has a durational dimension

Francis Bacon, ‘Triptych August 1972’ 1972
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Triptych

An artwork in three panels

Bruce Nauman, ‘MAPPING THE STUDIO II with color shift, flip, flop, & flip/flop (Fat Chance John Cage)’ 2001
Art Term

Emulation

Emulation is the process of recreating a digital art work to ensure it continues to work as technology changes

Mona Hatoum, ‘Performance Still’ 1985, 1995
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Performance art

Artworks that are created through actions performed by the artist or other participants, which may be live or recorded, spontaneous ...

Bill Viola, ‘Nantes Triptych’ 1992
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Video art

Art that involves the use of video and /or audio data and relies on moving pictures

Bruce Nauman, Dance or Exercise on the Perimeter of a Square (Square Dance) 1967–8 (film still)
Tate Papers

Pacing the Cell: Walking and Productivity in the Work of Bruce Nauman

Ruth Burgon

After graduating from art school in the late 1960s Bruce Nauman found himself pacing his studio, unsure how to produce ...

John Tenniel notes on his illustration of Alice with Tweedledum and Tweedledee
Tate Etc

When I use a word... it means just what I choose it to mean

Sam Thorne

Alice in Wonderland II
Lucio Fontana Spatial Light Structure in Neon for the ninth Milan Triennial at the Palazzo dell Arte Milan 1951
Tate Etc

'It Is not a lasso, an arabesque, nor a piece of spaghetti': Lucio Fontana

Francesca Pasini

Fontana saw his work as a classic representation of what he called “a spatial environment” and described it as “a ...

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