Artist room: Bruce Nauman
We also visited the Tate modern and viewed the artist rooms including Bruce Nauman’s.
“Throughout his career, Nauman has investigated who we are, physically and mentally, using the human body and the space it inhabits. His own body became an important tool and reference point, whether performing in videos, or being cast to form part of a sculpture. Using self-imposed limitations and systems, he exposes the body’s vulnerability, as well as the human potential for violence and our need to communicate’ – Tate website
Words are a very heavy subject in his work and can be seen as thought provoking use of wordplay, the neon pieces focus on everyday phrases. The artist room also exhibits some of Nauman’s installations.
Untitled 1994 Bruce Nauman born 1941 Purchased 1996 http://www.tate.org.uk/art/work/P77803
‘Nauman identified these two men as clowns and explained “the traditional role of a clown is to be either funny or threatening – their position or function is ambiguous and i like that” As clowns can move between provoking laughter and fear’
This is a Lithograph by Nauman, untitled from Fingers and Holes series 1994. Personally I like the use of layers to create movement of the hands and to also create a tone and line. Also I like the organic nature of the lithograph and the brush strokes, maybe I could trial with this.
