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.
Specifications
| 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
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| 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 | |
| Object | |
| Geographical origin | The United States of America > North America > America |
All about the artist
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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