Bruce Nauman
Bruce Nauman
Bruce Naumanis an American artist. His practice spans a broad range of media including sculpture, photography, neon, video, drawing, printmaking, and performance. Nauman lives near Galisteo, New Mexico...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMultimedia Artist
Date of Birth6 December 1941
CountryUnited States of America
beautiful successful thinking
I'm surprised when the work appears beautiful, and very pleased. And I think work can be very good and very successful without being able to call it beautiful, although I'm not clear about that. The work is good when it has a certain completeness, and when it's got a certain completeness, then it's beautiful.
motivation stills factors
One of the factors that still keeps me in the studio is that every so often I have to more or less start all over.
interesting asking-the-right-questions you-choose
And then what makes the work interesting is if you choose the right questions.
artist can-do ifs
And the part about being a professional artist is that you can tell and you can do it over again, even if you can't say how you got there exactly.
mean feelings tasks
But part of the enjoyment I take in it is finding the most efficient way to do it, which doesn't mean the corrections aren't made. I like to have a feeling of the whole task before I start, even if it changes.
needs recognise knows
Learn to recognise when you need to know something.
thinking influence embarrassing
I don't like to think about being an influence. It's embarrassing.
interesting different kind
It's interesting when you make things or do things that open up the possibilities for making more things, or different kinds of things.
art art-is concerned
What I am really concerned about is what art is supposed to be - and can become.
thinking drawing trying
In the studio, I don't do a lot of work that requires repetitive activity. I spend a lot of time looking and thinking and then try to find the most efficient way to get what I want, whether it's making a drawing or a sculpture, or casting plaster or whatever.
heart listen-to-your-heart
I'll talk. You'll listen.
ideas video unusual
My videos always involve some idea of a human being in a unusual situation-and what happens.
stupid hands interesting
I like to use my hands and make things... It might seem pretty stupid or pointless but that doesn't matter... some of the most interesting work is the stuff that starts like that - out of a raw need for activity.
knowing steps way
And I don't have any specific steps to take because I don't start the same way every time. But there is a knowing when it's enough and you can leave it alone.