"From early on, very early on, I understood that art is not about what you say. It’s about these other things that you don’t say."
—Cai Guo-Qiang
SEGMENT: Bruce Nauman in "Identity"
From "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 1 (2001)
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Bruce Nauman transforms everyday activities, speech, and objects into works that are both familiar and alien. "I needed a different way to approach the idea of being an artist," says Nauman. "I always thought that you can make something that appears to be functional, but when you try to and use it, you can't figure out what its function might be. And that's in the end what the function is, for you to figure out what to do with it." Filmed at Nauman's ranch and studio outside of Santa Fe, New Mexico, the segment features several of Nauman's recent explorations into video, text, and self-portraiture—materials and themes the artist has engaged for over thirty years.
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