Bruce Nauman

Overview

Bruce Nauman is one of the most important and influential figures in contemporary art. Working in a range of media, including neon, holography, sculpture, film, and video, Nauman is interested in art’s relationship to the audience, and to the space it inhabits. His pathbreaking films and videos from the 1960s and '70s are among the most innovative contributions to media art. In these conceptual works, Nauman uses his body as both a subject and material, performing repetitive actions in his studio while the camera remains fixed in place. Exploiting the phenomenology of the medium, including its immediacy, space, and intimacy, his real-time gestures investigate the very process of making art.