Bruce Nauman (PAJ Books: Art + Performance)
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Review Providing a varied and extensive collection of texts by and about Nauman's work, this anthology opens many doors into reading the layers upon layers of this artist's ironic tragi-comedies... With its focus on Nauman from so many perspectives and its concentration on his performance and new media aspects, this book provides meaningful and extensive resources for both admirers and scholars... In the end, it sets a bountiful theoretical, historical, aesthetic, ethical, and critical context for responding to Nauman's productions. (Brian Bergen-Aurand Rain Taxi) Read more From the Publisher "Bruce Nauman's art is about heightened awareness, awareness of spaces we usually don't notice (the one under the chair, out of which he made a sculpture) and sounds we don't listen for (the one in the coffin), awareness of emotions we suppress or dread . . . It's hard to feel indifferent to work like his."—Michael Kimmelman, New York Times Read more About the Author Robert C. Morgan is an internationally known critic, artist, and art historian who lives in New York. He is currently an adjunct professor in the department of fine arts at Pratt Institute. He is a contributing editor for Sculpture Magazine and Tema Celeste, and the editor of the Art + Performance volume Gary Hill, also available from Johns Hopkins. Read more
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