Studio Piece

Bruce Nauman (in 1978-1979)

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Bruce Nauman worked with various techniques and was an important pioneer in the field of body and video art. In his work he systematically explores the relationships between his body and the surrounding space, examining the passage of time and the
relationship between the viewer and the work of art. Nauman’s work is based on a mathematical way of thinking, an interest that led him to study mathematics in the early 1960s. ‘I didn’t become a mathematician,’ he said later, ‘but I think there was a certain thinking process that was very similar and which carried over into art.’ Nauman’s interest in geometry is reflected in ‘Studio Piece’. The work was made from the remnants of his scale models for underground passages and architectural structures. The inverted pyramid seems to be hovering above three curved shapes that together form a circle.

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Title	Studio Piece
Material and technique	Plaster, wood, steel and steel wire
Object type	Installation > Three-dimensional object > Art object
Location	This object is in storage

Dimensions	Width 426,7 cm Height 112 cm Depth 426,7 cm
Artists	Sculptor: Bruce Nauman
Accession number	BEK 1570 a-h (MK)
Credits	Purchased 1980
Department	Modern Art
Acquisition date	1980
Creation date	in 1978-1979
Internal exhibitions	Futuro, utopie in constructie (2011)
Research	Show research Digitising Contemporary Art
Material	Steel > Steel alloy > Iron > Common metal > Metal > Inorganic material > Material > Material and technique Wood > Vegetable material > Organic material > Material > Material and technique Steel wire > Metal wire > Worked metal > Metal > Inorganic material > Material > Material and technique Plaster > Mineral > Minerals and stones > Inorganic material > Material > Material and technique
Object	Installation > Three-dimensional object > Art object
Geographical origin	The United States of America > North America > America

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Bruce Nauman

Fort Wayne 1941

Bruce Nauman initially studied mathematics at the university of Wisconsin, before studying art at the university of California. In 1965, Nauman stopped painting...

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