Bruce Nauman Movies
- 2015
Contrapposto Studies, I through VII
Contrapposto Studies, I through VII02015HD
This exhibition presents a new work by Bruce Nauman, Contrapposto Studies, I through VII, which continues the artist's exploration of video, sound, an...
- 1968
Slow Angle Walk (Beckett Walk)
Slow Angle Walk (Beckett Walk)01968HD
A fixed camera turned on its side records Nauman repeating for nearly an hour a laborious sequence of body movements inspired by passages in works by...
- 2010
For Beginners (all the combinations of the thumb and finger)
For Beginners (all the combinations of the thumb and finger)02010HD
HD video installation (color, stereo sound),continuous play, two HD video sources, two HD video projectors, four speakers
- 2024
Art Make-Up
Art Make-Up02024HD
Art Make-Up is composed of four individual segments, each 10 minutes long. In them, Nauman appears tightly framed by the camera against a blank backgr...
- 1968
Walk with Contrapposto
Walk with Contrapposto01968HD
"In this videotape Nauman attempted to maintain the contrapposto pose associated with classical and Renaissance sculpture while walking down a long, n...
- 2000
Setting a Good Corner (Allegory & Metaphor)
Setting a Good Corner (Allegory & Metaphor)02000HD
The artist Bruce Nauman set the corner post of a fence on his ranch in Galisteo, New Mexico, one day and videotaped the process. As the title of Setti...
- 1968
Playing a Note on the Violin While I Walk Around in the Studio
Playing a Note on the Violin While I Walk Around in the Studio01968HD
In this film record of a studio activity, Nauman set himself the task of walking while playing "two notes [on a violin] very close together so that yo...
- 1968
Stamping in the Studio
Stamping in the Studio01968HD
From an inverted position, high above the floor, the camera records Nauman’s trek back and forth and across the studio; his stamping creates a generat...
- 1996
Washing Hands Normal
Washing Hands Normal01996HD
This stacked two-screen video installation shows the artist washing his hands with a vigour that goes beyond a daily cleaning ritual. The energy of th...
- 1987
No, No
No, No01987HD
“Two color monitors placed in the window played one of Nauman’s most recent videos, that of a clown jumping up and down shouting ‘No, No, No, No!’ end...
- 1996
Washing Hands Abnormal
Washing Hands Abnormal01996HD
In this work, shown on two stacked monitors, Bruce Nauman washes his hands with a thoroughness bordering on obsession. Each from a different vantage p...
- 1969
Bouncing Balls
Bouncing Balls01969HD
In this film, Nauman bounces his testicles with one hand. Shot in extreme close-up, the work is perhaps an ironic reference to an earlier film Bouncin...
- 1969
Violin Tuned D.E.A.D
Violin Tuned D.E.A.D01969HD
In an earlier film, Playing A Note on the Violin While I Walk Around the Studio (Violin #1),Nauman played a single note on the violin as he walked ar...
- 1968
Violin Film #1 (Playing The Violin As Fast As I Can)
Violin Film #1 (Playing The Violin As Fast As I Can)01968HD
Violin Film #1 (Playing the Violin as Fast as I Can),is one of several 1967-68 films featuring Nauman's violin-playing, in which the production of so...
- 1967
Flour Arrangements
Flour Arrangements01967HD
Flour Arrangements, a photo series showing Bruce Nauman pushing some piles of flour around on the floor. He uses his body by treating it like material...
- 1969
Black Balls
Black Balls01969HD
In this film, Nauman applies black makeup to his testicles. The action was recorded with an industrial high-speed camera capable of shooting between o...
- 1968
The Bruce Nauman Story
The Bruce Nauman Story01968HD
Creative portrait of the artist Bruce Nauman.
- 1968
Dance or Exercise on the Perimeter of a Square
Dance or Exercise on the Perimeter of a Square01968HD
Bruce Nauman - Dance or Exercise on the Perimeter of a Square (Square Dance) (1968),16mm black-and-white film For this film, Bruce Nauman made a squ...
- 1968
Walking in an Exaggerated Manner around the Perimeter of a Square
Walking in an Exaggerated Manner around the Perimeter of a Square01968HD
In this silent film, Nauman walks around the perimeter of a large square marked off with masking tape. He shifts his hips exaggeratedly as he places o...