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    A Rose Has no Teeth: Bruce Nauman in the 1960's

    A Rose Has no Teeth: Bruce Nauman in the 1960's

    Menil Collection

    October 25, 2007-January 13, 2008

    Today Bruce Nauman (b. 1941) is one of the most widely recognized artists in contemporary art. Few, of course, knew his name when he was a graduate student at University of California (Davis) in the mid-1960s. During this period Nauman produced work in a variety of media, including performance, conceptual photography, and sculpture.

    These early experiments, in which he discovered process to be more fundamental than product, established his reputation as one of the most innovative artists of his generation.

    Although Nauman had his first solo show in 1966 in Los Angeles, his 1968 New York debut established his reputation and associated him with the East Coast despite his subsequent move to New Mexico. Since then, Nauman's Bay Area beginnings and influence remain an unexplored area of his 40-year career.

    Organized by Constance Lewallen, senior curator of exhibitions at the University of California’s Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, where the exhibition was first presented, A Rose Has No Teeth: Bruce Nauman’s Formative Years presents the full range of the artist’s work from this period, including sculpture, ephemera, documentation of performances, artist books, and video.

    “A Rose Has No Teeth: Bruce Nauman in the 1960s” is organized by the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.

    The exhibition is supported by the Henry Luce Foundation, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, Joan Roebuck, Sperone Westwater, The Getty Foundation, the Terra Foundation for American Art, the Consortium for the Arts at UC Berkeley, Rena Bransten, Tecoah and Thomas Bruce, and Ann Hatch and Paul Discoe.

    The presentation of this exhibition in Houston is generously supported by The Brown Foundation, Inc., the George and Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation, and the City of Houston.

    Special Programs in Conjunction with this Exhibit:

    Then, Not Nauman: Early Conceptual Video
    Saturday, October 27
    8pm
    Featured artists include Vito Acconci, John Baldessarri, Theresa Hak Kyng, Cha, and William Wegman.
    Presented in Collaboration with Aurora Picture Show and Pacific Film Archive.

    Video Now: Artists Working in the Spirit of Bruce Nauman
    Saturday, January 12, 2008
    8pm
    Contemporary artists forge new paths in film and video.
    Presented in collaboration with Aurora Picture Show.


    Pictured: Detail, Bruce Nauman, Infrared Outtakes: Neck Pull (photographed by Jack Fulton), 1968/2006, University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, gift of the artist and Gemini G.E.L. LLC. All artworks © 2006 Bruce Nauman/Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York.

    • Ticket Info

      Tickets: Free event.

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    • Dates & Times

      Dates:
      October 25, 2007-January 13, 2008

      Times:
      Wednesday-Sunday
      11am-7pm

    • Venue Info

      Menil Collection

      1515 Sul Ross Houston, TX 77006

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