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Bruce Nauman — Life Mask
Bruce Nauman

Life Mask

A stark and unsettling lithograph by Bruce Nauman, *Life Mask* presents a direct impression of the human face as both document and object, blurring the boundary between portraiture and sculptural record. True to Nauman's conceptual practice, the work strips representation down to its most elemental form, forcing a confrontation with the face as surface rather than window to identity. Printed on the textured weight of Arches Cover paper, the lithograph emphasizes the physicality of mark and impression, underscoring Nauman's enduring investigation into the body as subject and material.

Medium
Lithograph, on Arches Cover paper, with full margins,

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Evening & Day Editions

January 22, 2015

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Bruce Nauman, Life Mask

A stark and unsettling lithograph by Bruce Nauman, *Life Mask* presents a direct impression of the human face as both document and object, blurring the boundary between portraiture and sculptural record. True to Nauman's conceptual practice, the work strips representation down to its most elemental form, forcing a confrontation with the face as surface rather than window to identity. Printed on the textured weight of Arches Cover paper, the lithograph emphasizes the physicality of mark and impression, underscoring Nauman's enduring investigation into the body as subject and material.

Medium
Lithograph, on Arches Cover paper, with full margins,
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Face Mask, 20th Century, Print Making, Male Artist, Conceptual Art, Body Art, Contemporary Artist, American Artist, Introspective Mood, Paper Medium, Portrait, Monochromatic, Self-Portrait, Lithograph, Figurative

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