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Bruce Nauman

Bruce Nauman (Born 1941) is active/lives in New Mexico, Indiana.  Bruce Nauman is known for Abstraction, graffiti, multimedia sculpture.

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 art is never tame or polite.  Sometimes he works with neon, sometimes with video installation   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2625 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Bruce Nauman

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 premi  ...  Displaying 750 of 2625 characters.

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