Elusive Signs: Bruce Nauman Works with Light

Images of nearly all Bruce Nauman's signs and room installation using neon and fluorescent light, from Window or Wall Sign (1967) to the monumental One Hundred Live and Die (1984), accompanied by interpretive essays.

Intrigued and inspired by the neon beer signs on shopfronts in his San Francisco neighborhood, Bruce Nauman created his first neon piece, Window or Wall Sign, in 1967. He wanted, he said, to achieve "an art that would kind of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0944110835
• ISBN13: 9780944110836
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 9.4" x 11.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher