Bruce Nauman Movies

  • 2015
    Contrapposto Studies, I through VII

    Contrapposto Studies, I through VII

    Contrapposto Studies, I through VII

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    This exhibition presents a new work by Bruce Nauman, Contrapposto Studies, I through VII, which continues the artist's exploration of video, sound, an...

    Contrapposto Studies, I through VII
  • 1968
    Slow Angle Walk (Beckett Walk)

    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...

    Slow Angle Walk (Beckett Walk)
  • 2010
    For Beginners (all the combinations of the thumb and finger)

    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

    For Beginners (all the combinations of the thumb and finger)
  • 2024
    Art Make-Up

    Art Make-Up

    Art Make-Up

    02024HD

    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...

    Art Make-Up
  • 1968
    Walk with Contrapposto

    Walk with Contrapposto

    Walk with Contrapposto

    01968HD

    "In this videotape Nauman attempted to maintain the contrapposto pose associated with classical and Renaissance sculpture while walking down a long, n...

    Walk with Contrapposto
  • 2000
    Setting a Good Corner (Allegory & Metaphor)

    Setting a Good Corner (Allegory & Metaphor)

    Setting a Good Corner (Allegory & Metaphor)

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    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...

    Setting a Good Corner (Allegory & Metaphor)
  • 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 Studio

    Playing a Note on the Violin While I Walk Around in the Studio

    01968HD

    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...

    Playing a Note on the Violin While I Walk Around in the Studio
  • 1968
    Stamping in the Studio

    Stamping in the Studio

    Stamping in the Studio

    01968HD

    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...

    Stamping in the Studio
  • 1996
    Washing Hands Normal

    Washing Hands Normal

    Washing Hands Normal

    01996HD

    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...

    Washing Hands Normal
  • 1987
    No, No

    No, No

    No, No

    01987HD

    “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...

    No, No
  • 1996
    Washing Hands Abnormal

    Washing Hands Abnormal

    Washing Hands Abnormal

    01996HD

    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...

    Washing Hands Abnormal
  • 1969
    Bouncing Balls

    Bouncing Balls

    Bouncing Balls

    01969HD

    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...

    Bouncing Balls
  • 1969
    Violin Tuned D.E.A.D

    Violin Tuned D.E.A.D

    Violin Tuned D.E.A.D

    01969HD

    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...

    Violin Tuned D.E.A.D
  • 1968
    Violin Film #1 (Playing The Violin As Fast As I Can)

    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...

    Violin Film #1 (Playing The Violin As Fast As I Can)
  • 1967
    Flour Arrangements

    Flour Arrangements

    Flour Arrangements

    01967HD

    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...

    Flour Arrangements
  • 1969
    Black Balls

    Black Balls

    Black Balls

    01969HD

    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...

    Black Balls
  • 1968
    The Bruce Nauman Story

    The Bruce Nauman Story

    The Bruce Nauman Story

    01968HD

    Creative portrait of the artist Bruce Nauman.

    The Bruce Nauman Story
  • 1968
    Dance or Exercise on the Perimeter of a Square

    Dance or Exercise on the Perimeter of a Square

    Dance or Exercise on the Perimeter of a Square

    01968HD

    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...

    Dance or Exercise on the Perimeter of a Square
  • 1968
    Walking in an Exaggerated Manner around the Perimeter of a Square

    Walking in an Exaggerated Manner around the Perimeter of a Square

    Walking in an Exaggerated Manner around the Perimeter of a Square

    01968HD

    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...

    Walking in an Exaggerated Manner around the Perimeter of a Square