Bruce Nauman (1941) - photo 1

Bruce Nauman

Bruce Nauman 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.

Much of his work is characterized by an interest in language, often manifesting itself as visual puns.

Nauman's use of neon as a medium recurs in his works over the decades. He uses neon to make allusions to the numinous connotations of light, similar to Mario Merz, who used neon to bring new life to assemblages of mundane objects. Neon also connotes the public atmosphere by the means of advertising, and in his later works he uses it ironically with private, erotic imagery.

Wikipedia

Date and place of birt:6 december 1941, Fort Wayne, USA
Nationality:USA
Period of activity: XX, XXI century
Specialization:Artist, Painter, Sculptor
Art style:Conceptual art, Contemporary art

Creators USA

Frank Tenney Johnson (1874 - 1939)
Frank Tenney Johnson
1874 - 1939
Marcos Grigorian (1925 - 2007)
Marcos Grigorian
1925 - 2007
Noah North (1809 - 1880)
Noah North
1809 - 1880
Andreas Feininger (1906 - 1999)
Andreas Feininger
1906 - 1999
Herman Rose (Rappaport) (1909 - 2007)
Herman Rose (Rappaport)
1909 - 2007
Jonathan Chapline (1987)
Jonathan Chapline
1987
Anna Mary Grandma Moses (1860 - 1961)
Anna Mary Grandma Moses
1860 - 1961
Archibald MacNeal Willard (1836 - 1918)
Archibald MacNeal Willard
1836 - 1918
Edward Kienholz (1927 - 1994)
Edward Kienholz
1927 - 1994
Everett Shinn (1876 - 1953)
Everett Shinn
1876 - 1953
Richard Mosse (1980)
Richard Mosse
1980
Jen Ray (1970)
Jen Ray
1970
Alfonso Ossorio (1916 - 1990)
Alfonso Ossorio
1916 - 1990
Charles Courtney Curran (1861 - 1942)
Charles Courtney Curran
1861 - 1942
Aaron Siskind (1903 - 1991)
Aaron Siskind
1903 - 1991
Mark Tansey (1949)
Mark Tansey
1949

Creators Conceptual art

Roswitha Steinkopf (1951)
Roswitha Steinkopf
1951
Richard Hess (1937 - 2017)
Richard Hess
1937 - 2017
John Spooner (1946)
John Spooner
1946
Zhan Wang (1962)
Zhan Wang
1962
Waldemar Sewohl (1887 - 1967)
Waldemar Sewohl
1887 - 1967
Nancy Schön (1928)
Nancy Schön
1928
Joel-Peter Witkin (1939)
Joel-Peter Witkin
1939
Mette Tronvoll (1965)
Mette Tronvoll
1965
Thomas Müller (1959)
Thomas Müller
1959
Genieve Figgis (1972)
Genieve Figgis
1972
Rafal Kowalski (1954)
Rafal Kowalski
1954
August Frederik Hollming (1854 - 1915)
August Frederik Hollming
1854 - 1915
Elisa Sighicelli (1968)
Elisa Sighicelli
1968
Ben Willikens (1939)
Ben Willikens
1939
Cerith Wyn Evans (1958)
Cerith Wyn Evans
1958
Andreas Felger (1935)
Andreas Felger
1935
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