Bruce Nauman was born in 1941 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. From 1960 until 1964 he attended the University of Wisconsin in Madison, first as a mathematics major, then studying art under Italo Scanga. He... Read full biography
Bruce Nauman was born in 1941 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. From 1960 until 1964 he attended the University of Wisconsin in Madison, first as a mathematics major, then studying art under Italo Scanga. He received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of California at Davis in 1966. He worked... Read full biography
Bruce Nauman was born in 1941 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. From 1960 until 1964 he attended the University of Wisconsin in Madison, first as a mathematics major, then studying art under Italo Scanga. He received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of California at Davis in 1966. He worked in fiberglass sculpture and making films and taught at the San Francisco Art Institute. In 1968 he received a grant from the National Exdowment of the Arts in make videotapes. He taught sculpture at... Read full biography
Bruce Nauman was born in 1941 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. From 1960 until 1964 he attended the University of Wisconsin in Madison, first as a mathematics major, then studying art under Italo Scanga. He received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of California at Davis in 1966. He worked in fiberglass sculpture and making films and taught at the San Francisco Art Institute. In 1968 he received a grant from the National Exdowment of the Arts in make videotapes. He taught sculpture at the University of California at Irvine; he continues to make sculptures and works extensively in films. He married artist Susan Rothenberg; they settled on a ranch in Galisteo, New Mexico. He became a premier conceptual artist, combining industrial... Read full biography
Bruce Nauman was born in 1941 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. From 1960 until 1964 he attended the University of Wisconsin in Madison, first as a mathematics major, then studying art under Italo Scanga. He received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of California at Davis in 1966. He worked in fiberglass sculpture and making films and taught at the San Francisco Art Institute. In 1968 he received a grant from the National Exdowment of the Arts in make videotapes. He taught sculpture at the University of California at Irvine; he continues to make sculptures and works extensively in films. He married artist Susan Rothenberg; they settled on a ranch in Galisteo, New Mexico. He became a premier conceptual artist, combining industrial materials with Dadaist irony and a sense that an artist does not always fully control his art. His... Read full biography
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About Bruce Nauman: Books
Books & Publications (112)
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 360 Views on the Collection (Exhibition catalog)
2016
Block, Judy and Suzanne Stein, Editors
360 pages (color)
A Rose Has No Teeth: Bruce Nauman in the 1960s
2007
Lewallen, Constance M.
0 pages (color)
Elusive Signs: Bruce Nauman Works with Light
2006
Ketner, Joseph (Editor)
100 pages (color)
Art Metropole: The Top 100 (National Gallery of Canada) (Exhibition catalog)
2006
Scott, Kitty et al
137 pages
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004
McGowan, Alison C (Editor)
1,512 pages
Please Pay Attention Please: Bruce Nauman's Words
2003
Kraynak, Janet
400 pages (color)
Landmarks: Sculpture Commissions for the Stuart Collection
2002
Beebe, Mary; Robert Storr
264 pages (color)
The 47th Corcoran Biennial Fantasy Underfoot (Exhibition catalog)
2002
Binstock, Collins, Lerner
110 pages (color)
Bruce Nauman Art + Performance Series
2002
Morgan, Robert C
430 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
American Visions The Epic History of Art in America
1997
Hughes, Robert
635 pages (color)
Visual Arts in the 20th Century
1997
Lucie-Smith, Edward
400 pages (color)
Icons of Art The 20th Century
1997
Tesch, Jurgen/E Hollmann
216 pages (color)
Contemporary Art in New Mexico
1996
Adlmann, Jan/Barbara McIntyre
226 pages (color)
Accents on Artists A fact-filled pronunciation guide. Over 800 artist’s names you should know…
1996
Barbara and Peter Toohil
363 pages (color)
The Dakis Joannou Collection
1996
Deitch, Jeffrey
302 pages (color)
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden 195 Works of Art
1996
Demetrion, James T (Introduction)
166 pages (color)
American Images/The SBC Collection of 20th Century American Art
1996
Hopps, Walter (others)
320 pages (color)
Art of the Postmodern Era From the Late 1960s to the Early 1990s
1996
Sandler, Irving
636 pages (color)
The Art Institute of Chicago Twentieth Century Painting and Sculpture
1996
Wood, James N/T Edelstein
160 pages (color)
Drawing the Line Reappraising Drawing Past and Present (Exhibition catalog)
1995
Craig-Martin, Michael
108 pages (color)
Art Since 1940 Strategies of Being
1995
Fineberg, Jonathan
496 pages (color)
The Paine Webber Art Collection
1995
Flam, Jack; Donald Marron
304 pages (color)
Views from Abroad European Perspectives on American Art (Exhibition catalog)
1995
Fuchs, Rudi/Adam D Weinberg
127 pages (color)
Videotexts
1995
Gale, Peggy
154 pages
Printmaking in America Collaborative Prints and Presses 1960-1990
1995
Hansen, Trudy (others)
248 pages (color)
Art Today
1995
Lucie-Smith, Edward
512 pages (color)
Critiques of Pure Abstraction (Exhibition catalog)
1995
Rosenthal, Mark
48 pages (color)
Bruce Nauman (Exhibition catalog)
1994
Halbreich, Kathy/Neal Benezra
210 pages (color)
Conceptual Art An American Perspective
1994
Morgan, Robert C
198 pages
Masters of American Sculpture: The Figurative Tradition From the American Renaissance to the Millenium
1994
Reynolds, Donald Martin
275 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993
Bowker R R
1,473 pages
American Art in the 20th Century Painting and Sculpture 1913-1993 (Exhibition catalog)
1993
Joachimides, Christos (others)
490 pages (color)
Contemporary Art 1965-1990
1992
Kurtz, Bruce D
256 pages (color)
Artists of 20th Century New Mexico Museum of Fine Arts Collection
1992
Museum of Fine Arts
167 pages (color)
Allegories of Modernism Contemporary Drawing (Exhibition catalog)
1992
Rose, Bernice
128 pages (color)
Printmaking in New Mexico 1880-1990
1991
Adams, Clinton
167 pages (color)
West Coast Duchamp
1991
Clearwater, Bonnie (others)
128 pages
Power:Its Myths and Mores in American Art 1961-1991 (Exhibition catalog)
1991
Day, Holliday T
159 pages (color)
Explorations The Visual Arts since 1945
1991
Hoffman, Katherine
400 pages (color)
Devil on the Stairs Looking Back on the Eighties (Exhibition catalog)
1991
Storr, Robert/J Tannenbaum
96 pages (color)
Art Since Mid Century 1945 to the Present
1991
Wheeler, Daniel
344 pages (color)
Affinities and Intuitions Gerald S Elliott Collection of Contemporary Art
1990
Benezra, Neal (editor)
312 pages (color)
Word As Image American Art 1960-1990 (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Bowman, Russell/Dean Sobel
172 pages (color)
The Trans Parent Thread Asian Philosophy in Recent American Art (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Gelburd, Gail/Geri De Paoli
124 pages (color)
Art What Thou Eat Images of Food in American Art (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Gustafson, Donna (others)
191 pages (color)
Amerikanische Zeichnungen in den achtziger Jahren (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Smith, Roberta
190 pages
High and Low Modern Art/Popular Culture (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Varnedoe, Kirk/Adam Gopnik
460 pages (color)
First Impressions Early Prints by Forty-six Contemporary Artists (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Armstrong, Elizabeth
149 pages (color)
Artists in Quotation Dictionary of Creative Thoughts of Painters etc