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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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Bruce Nauman was born on December 6, 1941, in Fort Wayne, Indiana. 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. A shy and small youth, Nauman enjoyed reading, and studied piano, guitar, and upright bass. Although he was no...
Nauman began his secondary education at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where he first concentrated on math and physics, but after his sophomore year he informed his parents that he would become an artist and graduated in 1964 with a bachelor's degree in science with a minor in painting. He married his first wife, Judy, in 1964. They had a so...
During late 1960s and early 1970s, Nauman's work and career developed quickly. He had his first solo show in 1968 at the Leo Castelli Gallery in New York, and was also included in many prominent group shows of the time, such as Eccentric Abstraction (1966) in New York, Documenta 4 (1968) in Kassel, Germany, and Anti-illusion: Procedures/Materials (...
From the 1980s onward, Nauman has employed a wide variety of media, incorporating language and political commentary for which he is well-known. Continuing to experiment with bizarre forms and unusual materials, his art has stayed original and captivating throughout his long career. Some of his most recent works, the 2009 sound installation pieces, ...
Nauman remains one of the most influential contemporary American artists. His innovative and provocative ideas are expressed in a wide range of media and materials, which makes it difficult to categorize his work as inhabiting a single style. Even throughout his sixties, he has continued to work primarily in sculpture and video, exploring language ...
- American
- December 6, 1941
- Fort Wayne, Indiana
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View all 15 artworks. Bruce Nauman was born in 1941, a remarkable figure of American Post-Minimalism. Find more works of this artist at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.
- American
- December 6, 1941
- Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
Apr 26, 2024 · Bruce Nauman has continually impacted the American and international art scene with his inventive approach to art-making and his influential body of work. His legacy is marked by the use of diverse media and the exploration of themes that have shaped contemporary art practices.
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- Untitled (Fingers & Hole Series), 1994. Xavier Hufkens. Price on Request.
- Verso Recto , 1996. Xavier Hufkens. Price on Request.
- Set of Four Prints - From Infrared... , 1968–2006. Konrad Fischer Galerie. Price on Request.
- Proof of Pudding, 1975. Susan Sheehan Gallery. Price on Request.
In the 1960s, Nauman began to exhibit his work at Nicholas Wilder's gallery in Los Angeles and in New York at Leo Castelli in 1968 along with early solo shows at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum in 1972.
Oct 15, 2018 · A 16-millimeter masterwork from 1968, “Walking in an Exaggerated Manner Around the Perimeter of a Square,” shows the artist in a white T-shirt and dark pants toeing the line of a square in an...
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