Information from wikipedia, made available under the creative commons. Artists on bruce nauman is the fourth volume in a series that takes as its starting point dia art foundations artists on artists lectures. Bruce nauman, all thumbs the hand is a conspicuous motif in bruce nauman s oeuvre, julia keller writes in bruce nauman. Did you research the history of stairs in art and architecture. Bruce nauman my name as though it were written on the surface of the moon, 1968. In the words of peter plagens, an artist, writer and art critic, bruce nauman isnt afraid of throwing all the chips in the air, picking them up and starting again. Bruce naumanartists rights society ars, new york and sperone westwater, via the museum of modern art, new york. Bruce nauman, the artists artist in the past halfcentury, he has created masterpieces in nearly every medium and, in the process, pushed the limits of what art can and should do.
Burning small fires 1969 artists book for which nauman burned ed ruschas book various small fires and milk 1964, photographed it, and. His practice spans a broad range of media including sculpture, photography, neon, video, drawing, printmaking, and performance. Bruce nauman, by his own admission, is a man who spends long periods even years not working, just trying to decide what to make and what to say in his art a dry period in the 1970s made. The book surveys naumans entire career, highlighting pivotal works such as self portrait as a fountain and art makeup, as well as many of his lesserknown. Bruce nauman, american artist whose work in a broad range of mediums has made him a major figure in conceptual art. See more ideas about installation art, contemporary art and conceptual art.
Facsimile signature on verso dont let anybody tell you this is actually signed by nauman. In this meticulous authorized monograph, critic plagens, a longtime friend of nauman, weaves historical context, critical perspective, and his own reflections to study the career of one of the. Dec 07, 2014 peter plagens offers the fullest survey yet of the protean artist bruce naumans work. Bruce was a supportive husband and an attentive father, she said, but he was an artist first.
Within the book bruce nauman presents eight fullpage photoreproductions of the atmosphere. Bruce nauman was born on december 6, 1941, in fort wayne, indiana. Oct 15, 2018 though the artist bruce naumans home and studio are just outside of santa fe, n. Bruce nauman, all thumbs the hand is a conspicuous motif in bruce naumans oeuvre, julia keller writes in bruce nauman. Bruce nauman, the artists artist the new york times. Nauman infuses his pieces with irony and humor, creating verbal and visual puns to oftenunsettling effect, challenging viewers and making them aware of their own.
Using an array of media including video installation, performance, sculpture, and photography, bruce nauman is known for conceptual works that explore space, language, and the body. The true artist offers the fullest survey yet of this protean artists work. Bruce nauman is the artists first museum retrospective in the united states in more than two decades. Bruce nauman is widely acknowledged as a central figure in contemporary art, and the stringent questioning of valuesboth aesthetic and moralthat has long sustained his project remains urgent today. Plagens first met nauman in pasadena, california, in. The true artist, a new and lavishly produced book from phaidon, probes the question with wit, insight and a prodigious amount of. I guess its the intention that changes it from a stairway to a stairway as a work of artbecause i said so. Peter plagenss first person journalistic tack is a welcome approach to an artist who often attracts jargon fond academics. Mindfuck is the first publication to look at this celebrated artists work in performance, drawing, video, printmaking and neon installation, in the light of its relationship to psychology. Bruce nauman born 1941, an american artist whose prime medium was sculpture, worked in various other media including painting, video, and installation throughout his career. His work toys with text and fragmented images of the human body. Bruce nauman offers a multifaceted portrait of an artist whose determination to experiment with style and form has created a body of work as eclectic and perhaps more influential than that of any other living american artist. Since the 1960s, the artist bruce nauman has developed a highly complex and pluralistic oeuvre ranging from discrete sculpture, performance, film, video, and textbased works to elaborate multipart installations incorporating sound, video recording and monitors. From 1966 to 1968, he taught at san francisco art institute, california, and in 1970 he taught at university of california, irvine.
Books by bruce nauman author of please pay attention please. Share bruce nauman quotations about art and feelings. Zucker art books was created by irvings grandson, matthew zucker in 2006 with the publication of dieter roth inprint artists books, although with one foot in antiquarian books the other was moving more into contemporary books, publishing artists projects and multiples. However, in among bruce nauman s varied, and seminal output of works, are a series of pieces that take this architectural feature and transform it into an exhibit.
Disappearing acts, published to accompany the career retrospective opening today at moma and moma ps1 in new york. Initially created for sperone westwater to determine the correct scale for projecting the sevenpart video installation contrapposto studies, i through vii 201516, bruce nauman s walks in walks out uses the artist s height as a guide. Nauman, bruce bruce nauman artist page with links to monographs, museum exhibition catalogs, criticism, catalogues raisonnes, related publications. An insightful examination of bruce nauman s contrapposto studies, i through vii, contrapposto studies, i through vii, and related works, through both rigorous analysis and the artist s own words this important publication offers the first indepth exploration of contemporary artist bruce nauman s b. Posts about bruce nauman written by books on books.
The most comprehensive collection to date of the artist bruce nauman s writings plus all of his major interviews from 1965 to 2001. Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Often provocative in nature, he connects physical realities of violence. Bruce nauman has 32 books on goodreads with 293 ratings. Throughout his life, he was moving a lot with his family because of his fathers work as an engineer for general electric. The first book devoted solely to bruce naumans corridors and other architectural installations, bruce nauman. Text by judith barry, william kentridge, david levine, gedi. Important art by bruce nauman the true artist helps the world by revealing mystic truths window or wall sign 1967 created in the studio nauman established in an abandoned grocery store in san francisco and modeled after the neon advertisement signs nearby, this seminal work acts as an advertisement of a different kind. Artists book, book art, book art book arts bruce nauman, cathy chambers, edward ruscha, giulio maffei, otis college of art and design on the book mit press, 2018.
Essential texts on the work of bruce nauman, spanning the five decades of the artist s career. His pioneering explorations of sculpture, performance, sound, video and installations always questioning the role of the artist have broken new ground and inspired innumerable artists careers. May 29, 2002 bruce nauman offers a multifaceted portrait of an artist whose determination to experiment with style and form has created a body of work as eclectic and perhaps more influential than that of any other living american artist. Bruce nauman was born in indiana in 1941 and raised near milwaukee, wisconsin. As one of the contemporary art worlds preeminent jesters, bruce nauman is hardly a barrel of laughs. Since the 1960s, the artist bruce nauman has developed a highly complex and pluralistic oeuvre ranging from discrete sculpture, performance, film, video, and. Bruce nauman was born in 1941 in fort wayne, indiana. These critical writings, scholarly essays, and an interview span five decades of nauman s career, ranging from the first. Written by prominent critics, art historians, and curators, the individual texts consider his work in various media, from photography and artists books to sculpture. Bruce nauman exhibition catalogs, books, bibliography, biography. Bruce nauman oliver ranch installation bruce nauman, untitled, 19981999 cast concrete staircase listed in the 1999 issue of artnews magazine as one of the centurys 25 most influential artists, bruce nauman has been recognized since the early 1970s as one of the most innovative and provocative of americas contemporary artists. Summary essential texts on the work of bruce nauman, spanning the five decades of the artists career. The true artist offers the fullest survey yet of this protean artist s work. Drawings zeichnungen, 1965 1986 catalogue raisonne, catalogue raisonne, catalog raisonnee, complete works.
Bruce nauman is one of the most influential pioneers of film, video, and media art. This book features a comprehensive catalogue raisonne with illustrated entries for more than five hundred works, including films, videos, performances, and photographic pieces. The artist is shown walking in and out of each of the seven video projections in order to demonstrate scale and, in doing so, adds another illusive layer. Bruce nauman born december 6, 1941 is an american artist. A prolific artist, recognized as one of the most influential of his generation, bruce nauman b. Essential texts on the work of bruce nauman, spanning the five decades of the artists career. Plagens positions nauman as a philosopher artist who treats art as a way of makingand then solvingthe problem of being human, and the pain, confusion, and pleasure that comes with our. Constantly provocative, his work was uncomfortable even. Bruce nauman the true artist book for sale at 1stdibs. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Bruce nauman by the man who knows him best art agenda. He pads through his studio, followed by his shaggy rescue dog lola, to a table where he opens a large flat cardboard package.
In a gallery setting, corridors link together the white cubes where we view art. This volume collects essential texts on the work of bruce nauman b. Make a masterpiece at home with yoko ono and a tin of. The contributors to this book contend with naumans relationship to his practice, the space of the studio, humor, and language. Arguably no artist of the last half century has been as formally inventive and repeatedly provocative as bruce nauman. Bruce nauman few works of contemporary art have so intransigently defied exegesis as this pair of books, and despite the straightforward description of them quoted above, this unresolved quality seems to have been nauman s point. The first authorized monograph on the worldfamous sculptor, photographer, and video artist. Naumans work is also represented in numerous museum and private collections internationally. The book chronicles naumans process, from the creation of works in his new mexico. The artists b ook proved central to the development of conceptual art. His father, an engineer and a salesman, moved the family several times to different midwestern locations, resulting in a somewhat turbulent and lonely childhood for nauman. Artist s book composed of photographs illustrating the air of southern california. A highly acclaimed and extremely prolific artist, bruce nauman has been active since the early 1970s.
In his explorations of reality, truth, and the artist s role in all of it, his practice has led him to. The true artist, peter plagens a renowned writer, critic, and author who has known nauman for more than forty years delivers a personal and authoritative account tracing naumans entire career, from his youth in fort wayne, indiana, to his graduate work at the university of. Nauman s parents, calvin and genevieve, were solid, middleclass midwesterners bruce was born in fort wayne, indianawith strong moral and ethical codes of behavior, which they imparted to. Mindfuck is the first publication to look at this celebrated artist s work in performance, drawing, video, printmaking and neon installation, in the light of its relationship to psychology. Edited by katherine atkins, stephen hoban, kelly kivland. Whether in drawings, prints, photographs, casts or videos, nauman repeatedly turns his hand into a focal point. Bruce nauman s most popular book is please pay attention please. Working in mediums such as sculpture, video, film, installation, performance, and printmaking, he shies away from developing a single characteristic style. Whether in drawings, prints, photographs, casts or videos, nauman repeatedly turns his hand into a focal point, examining it both as an artistic tool and as a metaphor for. Established in 2001, the lecture series highlights the work of modern and contemporary artists from the perspective of their colleagues and peers. Peter plagenss firstperson journalistic tack is a welcome approach to an artist who often attracts jargonfond academics. Since then, plagens has pursued a real understanding of his friends art. Art makeup, nauman s first film environment, examines the physical exertion, anxieties, and transformations of art making. Artist, curator and historian jeffrey abt wrote that the irresistible idea of placing an exhibition of artists books alongside the university of chicago.
Nauman was born in fort wayne, indiana, but his fathers work as an engineer for general electric meant that the family moved often. Nauman was educated at the university of wisconsin, madison b. Get the best deals on bruce nauman art prints when you shop the largest online selection at. Well, there are stairs as architecture that artists have done, and i was aware of those. Jan 10, 2002 artists on bruce nauman artists on bruce nauman is the fourth volume in a series that takes as its starting point dia art foundations artists on artists lectures.
Nauman continued to produce a lot of new workmore corridor pieces, videos, flashing neon. Bruce nauman is an american conceptual artist working in a wide array of media that includes neon lights, video, and performance. Nauman lives near galisteo, new mexico life and work. The true artist, peter plagens a renowned writer, critic, and author who has known nauman for more than forty years delivers a personal and authoritative account tracing naumans entire career, from his youth in fort wayne, indiana, to his graduate work at the university of california, and through to the present day. Spatial encounters deftly explores the significance of these works in the development of his singular art practice, examining them in the context of the period and in relation to other artists like dan graham, robert morris, paul kos, and james turrell. Discover book depositorys huge selection of bruce nauman books online. He studied math, music and physics at the university of wisconsinmadison before switching his major to visual art, and received an ma in sculpture from the university of california, davis, in 1966. Nauman infuses his pieces with irony and humor, creating verbal and visual puns to oftenunsettling effect, challenging viewers and making them aware of their own physicality. Bruce naumans art has ranged across a variety of media that includes drawings, sculpture, performance, photography, neon, film, video, holograms, texts, and largescale mixed media installations. Long ensconced on his ranch in new mexico, he seems in one sense the quintessential american artist as laconic and lonesome as the mythic cowboy he resembles in some of his videos. The artist sits in front of the camera and proceeds to paint his body in white, pink, green, and black makeup. Artist s proof by nauman, bruce and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
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