Neon lights and glass
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
ARTIST ROOMS
National Heritage Memorial Fund
Art Fund
Collection
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La BreaArt TipsRat SpitTar Pits
ARTIST ROOMS
Acquired jointly with the National Galleries of Scotland through The d'Offay Donation with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the Art Fund 2008
abstraction
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
colour
countries and continents
education, science and learning
emotions, concepts and ideas
formal qualities
humour
language
light
Los Angeles, la Brea Tar Pits
non-representational
places
society
text
universal concepts
USA
sculpture neon lights glass
16 April 2009 – 31 May 2009
2009-05-31
16 April 2009 – 31 May 2009
2009-05-31
2009-04-16
Tramway (Glasgow, UK)
http://www.tramway.org/
2009-04-16
ARTIST ROOMS 2009: Bruce Nauman
Loan-out
30 June 2012 – 23 September 2012
2012-09-23
30 June 2012 – 23 September 2012
2012-09-23
2012-06-30
Bristol Museum & Art Gallery (Bristol, UK)
http://www.bristol-city.gov.uk
2012-06-30
ARTIST ROOMS 2012: Raw Materials: Four American Artists, 1972-2007
Loan-out
26 July 2013 – 10 November 2013
2013-11-10
26 July 2013 – 10 November 2013
2013-11-10
2013-07-26
York St Mary’s (York, UK)
2013-07-26
ARTIST ROOMS 2013: Bruce Nauman
Loan-out
15 February 2014 – 24 May 2014
2014-05-24
15 February 2014 – 24 May 2014
2014-05-24
2014-02-15
Harris Museum, Art Gallery & Library (Preston, UK)
http://www.preston.gov.uk/Category.asp?cat=126
2014-02-15
ARTIST ROOMS 2014: Bruce Nauman
Loan-out
24 July 2017 – 1 July 2018
2018-07-01
24 July 2017 – 1 July 2018
2018-07-01
2017-07-24
Tate Modern (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/
2017-07-24
Bruce Nauman
Collection based display
La Brea/Art Tips/Rat Spit/Tar Pits
unconfirmed: 619 × 584 × 51 mm. Weight 65kg
<a href="/search?gid=999999788" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">ARTIST ROOMS</a>
Acquired jointly with the National Galleries of Scotland through The d'Offay Donation with assistance from the <a href="/search?gid=999999967" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">National Heritage Memorial Fund</a> and the <a href="/search?gid=999999968" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Art Fund</a> 2008
<p>For his 1972 retrospective, Nauman proposed an outdoor work that would encircle the walls of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, which stands adjacent to a famous prehistoric site, La Brea Tar Pits. The piece included the name of the site along with two anagrams of these four words depicted in neon tubing. This work is an indoor version that Nauman made in the same year. Throughout the early 1970s Nauman created several more luminous signs that used a combination of witty word games and bold colour to disturb the meaning of everyday phrases and expressions.</p>

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abstraction cities, towns, villages (non-UK) colour countries and continents education, science and learning emotions, concepts and ideas formal qualities humour language light Los Angeles, la Brea Tar Pits non-representational places society text universal concepts USA