Movies

Images of sixteen men and women are shown, one by one, as they run on a conveyor belt against a black background. They appear to be in a complete...

An upside-down close-up of the artist’s mouth, Nauman repeats the words “lip sync” as the audio track shifts in and out of sync...

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...

In the work two monitors are displayed at head height on pedestals. The head and shoulders of a young black man appear on one; on the other is an...

In this work, shown on two stacked monitors, Bruce Nauman washes his hands with a thoroughness bordering on obsession. Each from a different vantage...

This video registration of a performance in his studio shows Bruce Nauman walking the perimeter of different shapes: circles, spirals and figure...

In this videotape, a companion to Elke..., the actor's task was to imagine himself sinking into the floor. The resulting images portray him stretched...

In 1969 Nauman had devised a set of mental exercises in which a live performer was to concentrate on sinking into the floor or allowing the floor to...

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...

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

Nauman shot two films in 1965, and despite their rudimentary execution they make a compelling diptych. Manipulating the T-Bar (1965) shows the artist...

This film records the activities Nauman performed four years earlier in 1965. Both in this performance and in this work he strikes and holds a...

Bruce assumes a set of positions in relation to the wall and floor.

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...

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

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...

A stationary camera set upside down and framing a long shot of the studio records Nauman, with his hands clasped behind his back, repeating a series...

Nauman, his head cropped from the frame, is shown bouncing in the corner of his studio. Here, however, the images were recorded with a fixed camera...