Bruce Nauman Pinch Neck 1968

[artregeous]

he is another byproduct of walletstreet another moral nihilst

[halbierman]

@fablan6 - I happen to truly like/appreciate Nauman's work. From my academic research of Nauman's art, I consider Pinch Neck as less a finished work and more of a study piece for his Hologram series that followed. Its an exploration of the malleability of the human body as canvas. If art is a process of discovery and expression of new ideas, than this piece, TO ME, fits the bill. If you do not appreciate the piece, that's cool. I respect your individual taste as different but equally valid.

[halbierman]

@fablan6 - Despite your unnecessarily belligerent response; Dislike and disinterest are valid emotional responses. Saying, "It does nothing for me," is still acknowledging an emotional state in response to the thing. Even a strongly negative response will encourage emotional or intellectual growth. The only art that truly fails is the art that produces no emotional or intellectual response at all. Some art does fail to move me. Some succeeds more than others.

[fablan6]

Anyone can do that. Anyone can take a video of rubbing himself or playing with his hands or whatever. Why is that art? And before someone jumps and says "oh then why didn't you do it if anyone can do it?" let me just stop you there and tell you I am not doing these things because I am too embarrassed to do something that stupid and lame...

[IWillCauseDamage]

@fablan6

Art is not about what doing that which no one else can: that would pin it as a pretentious display of skill. Art is the sharing of ideas. Even the Dutch masters who painted photorealistically were concerned portraying some idea or ideal. This is no different from what Bruce Nauman has tried to do.

Approach performance art by understanding your reaction to it as the art itself. Your frustration is not separate from the piece itself. Don't underestimate the intentionality or scope here.

[fablan6]

@IWillCauseDamage Well then I could come to your house and take a big dump on your pillow. I'd call it art and say that some hidden meaning is behind it that you probably don't understand. How'd you like that? This video just shows some guy doing something that anyone could not only do but also think about doing (cause you're talking about the idea) but people don't do it cause it's just pointless. I can take a video of scratching my back with a spoon! So? What am I a genius for that? An artist?

[IWillCauseDamage]

@fablan6

I don't think you understand what I'm trying to say.

It doesn't matter if it's a video of him just standing there doing nothing. If he has intent, then it is art.

You coming to my home and defecating on my pillow would constitute harrasment. Now, if you stood in a gallery and did it, and had a strong reason for doing it, then it would be art. Art that mocks other art is still art. Plenty of postminimalists and postmodernists were mocking their predecessors. So I say to you, go for it

[fablan6]

@IWillCauseDamage What you say sounds to me just as an excuse for people to call themselves artists and if they are good enough (in deceiving people) and lucky enough they can even make a lot of money out of it and become famous. This has resulted in an ugly world. I walk around and see ugly UGLY sculptures, blank paintings with a single line drawn in them, fugly cubes made out of concrete and steel that represent buildings and all that extends to everything else (clothing etcetera).

[IWillCauseDamage]

@fablan6

For the record, Bruce Nauman started making these videos not because he was overflowing with cash and nothing to do, but because he had absolutely no money, but still wanted a way to make art.

[fablan6]

@IWillCauseDamage And I guess he is not so poor now.

[IWillCauseDamage]

@fablan6

Also, I have no idea about buying art and the status quo and all that nonsense that takes away from art itself. If you don't like a sculpture, that doesn't make the sculpture bad. This isn't to say that all art is good - no way! But a critique must be earnest and open-hearted. Otherwise, it becomes a debate about aesthetics which is entirely useless.

[fablan6]

@IWillCauseDamage I still believe that Michaelangelo's David or the Lacoon sculpture is much better in every possible way than anything Richard Serra ever made. Unless you use his walls for defensive walls during a raid or something...

[fablan6]

@IWillCauseDamage Why do I have to endure all these? I can't get inspired at all from all that and I have a very strong feeling most people don't like them either, they just pretend they do in order to look trendy and cool and fit in with the rest. I hate the hypocrisy and how people buy paintings for example not because they like it but because the person who made it is very known... Is that the purpose that art serves in our era? Status quo? I'm not trying to look classy or whatever.

[halbierman]

@ramshackle07 - you're supposed to feel a bit uncomfortable. This is good. It means you are growing as an intellectual entity.

[fablan6]

@halbierman So if I don't feel anything I am an idiot. Nice (sneaky) way of promoting (pushing) your opinion.

[ramshakle07]

are you suppose to be on drugs to understand this?

[DJOrochiKazuya]

wat

[ErikDavisHeim]

Bruce Nauman gets paid $80 million-ba-jillion every time he touches a camera.

The Moma has a wing to store all of the extra doubloons he makes this way.

why do artists always get all the money all the ladies and all the cattle?

[larvatrong]

me hace acordar a bart simpson

[bph2103]

thank you for posting this

[pacopor]

Mierda enlatada.

[SarahGaafar]

I love how his mouth and what he's doing with it is almost cut-off from view. It makes me anxious that I can't see exactly what he's doing and I think it's a wonderful effect.

[PoisionedSweets]

@SarahGaafar

It's anti-Hollywood movies... :D 

[TheEloeo]

I can't believe he gets paid so much for stuff like that.

[eggyumyum]

bruce naumen is great.. and its great to see some of his old work on here!

[CaolanMcGurn]

so ??

[AMPFEAST]

nice abstract forms ;-)

[MrChivers1]

That is revolting

[coppelia2000]

you're weird, sorry buddy to have to tell you that...

[avi5911]

i hate this video as you hate him , you need to realize , that man how made thw video is one of the importent artist in amrica!! i think its a shame

[strandandstrand]

what a lol

[xojimmixo]

you are such a tool