Art Make-Up

Bruce Nauman, Art Make-Up, 1967-1968, single-channel video, 16mm film on video, color, sound; 40:00 minutes, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by the Ford Motor Company, 2008.21.3A-D, © 2015 Bruce Nauman / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix, NY
Bruce Nauman, Art Make-Up, 1967-1968, single-channel video, 16mm film on video, color, sound; 40:00 minutes, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by the Ford Motor Company, 2008.21.3A-D, © 2015 Bruce Nauman / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix, NY

Artwork Details

Title
Art Make-Up
Artist
Date
1967-1968
Location
Not on view
Copyright
© 2015 Bruce Nauman / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix, NY
Credit Line
Museum purchase made possible by the Ford Motor Company
Mediums
Mediums Description
single-channel video, 16mm film on video, color, sound; 40:00 minutes
Classifications
Highlights
Subjects
  • Dress — accessory — makeup
  • Figure
Object Number
2008.21.3A-D

Artwork Description

Bruce Nauman is one of the most influential pioneers of film, video, and media art. Art Make-Up, Nauman's first "film environment," examines the physical exertion, anxieties, and transformations of art making. The artist sits in front of the camera and proceeds to paint his body in white, pink, green, and black makeup. The moving image is synchronized and projected on four screens intended to surround the viewer with the anxiety of the transformation.

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Works by this artist (4 items)

Bruce Nauman, Slow Angle Walk (Beckett Walk), 1968, 60 minutes, black & white, sound, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by the Ford Motor Company, 2008.21.2, © 1968, Bruce Nauman. Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix, NY
Slow Angle Walk (Beckett Walk)
Date1968
60 minutes, black & white, sound
Not on view
Bruce Nauman, Art Make-Up, 1967-1968, single-channel video, 16mm film on video, color, sound; 40:00 minutes, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by the Ford Motor Company, 2008.21.3A-D, © 2015 Bruce Nauman / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix, NY
Art Make-Up
Date1967-1968
single-channel video, 16mm film on video, color, sound; 40:00 minutes
Not on view
Bruce Nauman, Walk with Contrapposto, 1968, 60 minutes, black & white, sound, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by the Ford Motor Company, 2008.21.1, © 1968 Bruce Nauman. Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix, NY
Walk with Contrapposto
Date1968
60 minutes, black & white, sound
Not on view
Bruce Nauman, tcejorP lainnetneciuqseS nisnocsiW from the Wisconsin Sesquicentennial Portfolio, 2001, hard-ground, dry-point and German etching on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Janet Ann Bond Sutter and Thomas Henry Sutter, 2008.10.1.9A-C, © 2001, Andrew G. Balkin and Renee E.K. Balkin
tcejorP lainnetneciuqseS nisnocsiW from the Wisconsin…
Date2001
hard-ground, dry-point and German etching on paper
Not on view

More Artworks from the Collection

David Haxton, Vertical and Receding Lines, 1974, 16mm film, black and white, silent; 05:30 minutes, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 2011.15.2, © 1974, David Haxton
Vertical and Receding Lines
Date1974
16mm film, black and white, silent; 05:30 minutes
Not on view
Hans Breder, Quanta, 1967, single-channel video, color, silent; 03:46 minutes, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 2013.50.4, © 1967, Hans Breder
Quanta
Date1967
single-channel video, color, silent; 03:46 minutes
Not on view
Eureka
Date1974
16 mm Plus-X print, black and white, silent; 30:00 minutes
Not on view
Carolee Schneemann, Viet Flakes, 1965, 16mm film transferred to video, toned black & white, sound; 07:00 minutes, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by the Ford Motor Company, 2008.21.9, © 1965 Carolee Schneemann Foundation. Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix, NY
Viet Flakes
Date1965
16mm film transferred to video, toned black & white, sound; 07:00 minutes
Not on view