"I still think the social function of art is that kind of negative aesthetic. Otherwise there’s no social function for it."
"One Hundred Live and Die" (1984)
"One Hundred Live and Die," 1984
Neon tubing mounted on four metal monoliths, 118 x 132 1/4 x 21 inches
Collection Fukake Publishing Co., Ltd., Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum, Kagawa, Japan
Courtesy Sperone Westwater, New York, © Bruce Nauman/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Neon tubing mounted on four metal monoliths, 118 x 132 1/4 x 21 inches
Collection Fukake Publishing Co., Ltd., Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum, Kagawa, Japan
Courtesy Sperone Westwater, New York, © Bruce Nauman/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
"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."
- Bruce Nauman
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