The Museum
of Modern Art LONG ISLAND CITY | NEW
YORK | USA
OCTOBER 21,
2018-MARCH 17, 2019
Schaulager,
Basel, The Museum of Modern Art, and MoMA PS1 present the first comprehensive
retrospective of American artist Bruce Nauman (b. 1941) in over 20 years.
Opening at Schaulager in March 2018 and traveling to New York in October of
that year, the exhibition expands upon the rich holdings of the organizing
institutions. Spanning the artist’s entire career, from the mid-1960s to the
present, Disappearing Acts provides a singular opportunity to experience his
command of a wide range of mediums, from drawing, printmaking, photography, and
sculpture to performance, film, neon, and large-scale installations.
Disappearing
Acts traces strategies of withdrawal in Nauman’s work—both literal and
figurative incidents of removal, deflection, and concealment. Bodies are
fragmented, centers are left empty, voices emanate from hidden speakers; the
artist sculpts himself in absentia, appearing only as negative space. The
installation proceeds chronologically (albeit with strategic pauses and
breaks), granting ample space to the artist’s production across the decades.
Nauman’s consummate skill as a draftsman, which has not been the focus of a
retrospective since the mid-1980s, will be highlighted with a broad selection
drawings, ranging from quick sketches to oversized, highly worked sheets.
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