Bruce Nauman - Walking in an Exaggerated Manner...

Walking in an Exaggerated Manner around the Perimeter of a Square (1967-68)

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Film & Animation

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• art

[dragonslayer91]

we're looking at this piece in my art culture class right now. im starting to draw the line between whats GOOD art and whats something you can think of and make in your garage in 2 minutes that would require an enormous amount of imagination and speculation to derive any sort of significance from it, (eg, this video). thanks for putting this up, though :D

[emvergeoning]

a lot of people don't really get it, and that's understandable. it helps to look at it in the context of the rest of his work, see how he uses his body in different pieces. i honestly didn't get bruce nauman until i saw an excellent retrospective at the menil in houston -- then it clicked

[nel0405]

my favourite bit is where he walks

[pues13]

for those haters that dont know. Bruce Nauman is epic.

[sonofdistress]

@dragonslayer91 you should think about this/his work in the context of the time he made it. he's questioning so many things in this- film as a medium, position of the body in the room, perspective. he's not telling anything, which wasnt in film these days. all informations are given from the beginning (title, etc). so smallest things become important, like mistakes he's making, movements and so on. in one work he does what others cant do in their whole career.

[ekeimsleid]

i think it's brilliant

[artregeous]

at the heights of his moral nihilizm he must be thankful for his wifes cornel connections greatfully he is a byproduct of wallstreet

[Jewpinator]

Remember you students that saw this in class, you technically /paid/ to see this.

[uckfyocouch]

what do you feel in your joints when you walk? ever pondered that?

[jamisondavid100]

Somebody should report this guy to the MInistry of Silly Walks.

[jasonyore]

hennessy was right, he does look like a peacock on mdma.



[Misszhuiyisishui]

perche camina in questo modo?



[richardsellears]

@dragonslayer91

Art that you throw together in 2 minutes is most likely going to be better than something you slave over. Slaving over a piece of work might suggest that you are playing the most mundane card in the book. Technicality.