Mastodawn

Есть несколько работ, построенных вокруг сердцебиения художников (боюсь перепутать имена, но здесь я имею в виду Брюса Наумана и Вадима Фишкина), но г-жа Баскова предлагает прислушаться к себе, к биению своего сердца. В годы, когда расчеловечивающая лексика стала совсем расхожей, художница предложила что-то обратное, очеловечивающее (регуманизирующее).

Работа совсем не выглядит напыщенной, в отличие от моего текста к ней. Упс. #DariaBaskova #BruceNauman #hearts #dehumanization #wartime

James Akers Apr 1, 2025

I visited Jacob Fishman and the new Lightwriters public access neon studio in Chicago. I learned lots from his "Neon Engineers Handbook" and he has been one of my neon heros for years.

Of course, I was dazzled seeing all the Bruce Nauman pieces, patterns and rejects (Jacob is Nauman's main neon fabricator)- and I am a big Bruce Nauman fan. That copy of "mystic truths" has been all over the world and is the "living template" for the piece.

Jacob makes me wanna play more with radio.

I loved seeing the Bing neon happy sad outlets at Light Writers. It's so exciting that there is now a public access neon shop in Chicago - it's been needed for years with SAIC and UW students graduating and not having a place to work for years. I am gonna send some class proposals to Jacob and Zoell (his daughter) to return one day an teach a class :)

Next stop- Madison Wisconsin!

#neon #heros #brucenauman #sculpture #chicago #contemporaryart #art #fabrication #glass #roadtrip #idols

BPM Mar 7, 2025

Bruce Nauman
Body Pressure
1974

Press as much of the front surface of your body (palm in or out, left or right cheek) against the wall as possible.
Press very hard and concentrate.
Form an image of yourself (suppose you had just stepped forward) on the opposite side of the wall pressing back against the wall very hard.
Press very hard and concentrate on the image pressing very hard.
(the image of pressing very hard)
Press your front surface and back surface toward each other and begin to ignore or block the thicknens of the wall. (remove the wall)
Think how various parts of your body press against the walls which parts touch and which do not.
Consider the parts of your back which press against the wall; press hard and feel how the front and back of your body press together.
Concentrate on tension in the muscles
pain where bones meet, Fleshy deformations that occur under pressure, consider body hair, perspiration, odors (smells).
This may become a very erotic exercise.

#art #conceptualart #brucenauman #magick