Bruce Nauman at the Tate Modern

After 10 months of not seeing anything, I rather enjoyed the Bruce Nauman show at the Tate Modern. It was also just nice to do something that wasn’t a walk in the cold and wet.

A video still of two hands manipulating a deck of cards. The hands are a luminous green, and the cards are a pink / magenta colour.

Falls, Pratfalls and Sleights of Hand (clean version), 1993, by Bruce Nauman

2020/12/05
1/40s at f/3.5, 40mm, ISO 560, Nikon D850

A large neon sculpture comprised of multiple overlaid words. The photo is taken from the side.

Human Nature/Knows Doesn’t Know, 1983, by Bruce Nauman

2020/12/05
1/800s at f/3.5, 70mm, ISO 100, Nikon D850

A large neon sculpture comprised of multiple overlaid words. The word ‘nature’ is prominently lit.

Human Nature/Knows Doesn’t Know, 1983, by Bruce Nauman

2020/12/05
1/250s at f/3.5, 70mm, ISO 100, Nikon D850

A large neon sculpture comprised of multiple overlaid words. All parts are lit up.

Human Nature/Knows Doesn’t Know, 1983, by Bruce Nauman

2020/12/05
1/80s at f/5.6, 38mm, ISO 100, Nikon D850

A large neon sculpture comprised of multiple overlaid words. Only some words are lit up.

Human Nature/Knows Doesn’t Know, 1983, by Bruce Nauman

2020/12/05
1/60s at f/5.6, 38mm, ISO 100, Nikon D850

Two vintage television monitors are stacked vertically in a dark room, each showing a bald man’s head. The same head is projected on the wall behind them.

Anthro/Socio (Rinde Spinning), 1992, by Bruce Nauman

2020/12/05
1/25s at f/3.5, 24mm, ISO 280, Nikon D850

A vintage television set is set on the floor in the lower right. A figure waves on the set. Behind the TV is a large metal cage.

Going Around the Corner Piece with Live and Taped Monitors, 1970, by Bruce Nauman

Ed Horsford ― 2020/12/05
1/80s at f/4.5, 70mm, ISO 4000, Nikon D850

Two wax casts of a male head are suspended on either end of a mobile, in front of a dark background. A light from one side projects a shadow of another head on a nearby white sheet.

Shadow Puppets and Instructed Mime, 1990, by Bruce Nauman

2020/12/05
1/50s at f/3.5, 48mm, ISO 6400, Nikon D850

Shot at Tate Modern in London.