Critical Writing Index

The Way-Out West: Interviews with 4 San Francisco Artists: Nauman

by Joe Raffaele and Elizabeth Baker

Art News, Summer 1967, v. 66, no. 4, pp. 39-41, 75-76

A short interview with Bruce Nauman as part of a survey of four artists working in San Francisco. Nauman discusses some of his recent work, and the thought behind it. He talks about the relationship between his process and the final product, and his ideas for outdoor art projects. Finally, he considers his conflicting desires to make art for people to see, and to make them as difficult to see as possible.

ITEM 1967.003 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

Fishing for Asian CarpBruce Nauman

Fishing for Asian CarpBill Allan

A Wax Mold of the Knees of Five Famous ArtistsBruce Nauman

Wax Block with the Impressions of the Knees of Five Famous ArtistsBruce Nauman

Neon Templates of the Left Half of My Body Taken at Ten Inch IntervalsBruce Nauman

A Rose Has No TeethBruce Nauman

The True Artist Helps the World by Revealing Mystic TruthsBruce Nauman