Exhibition Guide

Bruce Nauman. Violins Violence Silence (Exterior Version). 1981-1982. The Baltimore Museum of Art: Gift of Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, and Sperone Westwater Fischer Gallery, New York

Violins Violence Silence (Exterior Version)

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Art Object Info

Bruce Nauman

Medium:
Neon, glass tubing, wire, transformer, and sequencer
Size:
Depth: 8"
Width: 699 1/2"
Height: 60 1/2"
Date:
1981-1982

Neon signs, drawn from advertising and commerce, are among the unexpected formats that Bruce Nauman’s provocative and influential art takes. Formal properties of color, repetition, and scale play an expressive role in his neon word works; however, the ways that language addresses the world are also essential to their content.

Gift of Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, and Sperone Westwater Fischer Gallery, New York BMA 1984.2

Violins Violence Silence (Exterior Version)

Bruce Nauman
Date:
1981-1982
Medium:
Neon, glass tubing, wire, transformer, and sequencer
Size:
Depth: 8"
Width: 699 1/2"
Height: 60 1/2"

Neon signs, drawn from advertising and commerce, are among the unexpected formats that Bruce Nauman’s provocative and influential art takes. Formal properties of color, repetition, and scale play an expressive role in his neon word works; however, the ways that language addresses the world are also essential to their content.

Gift of Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, and Sperone Westwater Fischer Gallery, New York BMA 1984.2