Bruce Nauman Lights Up Biennale
Michele Lamanna, courtesy Philadelphia Museum of Art
Installation shot of Bruce Nauman, Double Poke in the Eye II, 1985, neon tubing on aluminum monolith.
Michele Lamanna, courtesy Philadelphia Museum of Art
Installation shot of Bruce Nauman, Fifteen Pairs of Hands, 1996. Fifteen white bronze sculptures on painted steel bases.
Michele Lamanna, courtesy Philadelphia Museum of Art
Installation shot of Bruce Nauman, Pink and Yellow Light Corridor (Variable Lights, 1972. Pink and yellow fluorescent lights.
Michele Lamanna, courtesy Philadelphia Museum of Art
Installation shot of Bruce Nauman, Smoke Rings (Model for Underground Tunnels), 1979-80. Assemblage comprised of two sculptures: the first of eight parts of white plaster, the second of eight parts of green plaster, both resting on wooden mounts.
Michele Lamanna, courtesy Philadelphia Museum of Art
Installation shot of an exhibition copy of Bruce Nauman, Vices and Virtues, 1983-88 as installed on the frieze of the U.S. Pavilion. Neon and clear glass tubing mounted on aluminum support grid.
Michele Lamanna, courtesy Philadelphia Museum of Art
Two color video monitors, two laser disc players (color, sound), and metal table Dimensions variable.
Digital Image © The Museum of Modern Art/Licensed by SCALA / Art Resource, NY
Installation shot of Bruce Nauman, Three Heads Fountain (Juliet, Andrew, Rinde), 2005. Epoxy resin and fiberglass, wire, clear hoses, immersible pump, rubber-lined basin, water.
Michele Lamanna, courtesy Philadelphia Museum of Art
Installation shot of Bruce Nauman, Sound for Mapping the Studio Model (The Video), 2001. Single-channel projected video (color, sound), 1 hour, 1 minute, 20 seconds
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Installation shot of Bruce Nauman, Five Pink Heads in the Corner, 1992. Epoxy resin and fiberglass.
Michele Lamanna, courtesy Philadelphia Museum of Art
Installation shot of Bruce Nauman, The True Artist Helps the World by Revealing Mystic Truths (Window or Wall Sign), 1967. Neon.
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