Small Carousel

A skeletal carousel structure rendered through Nauman's incisive drypoint technique, conjuring both the playfulness and underlying unease of carnival imagery. The rich, velvety lines characteristic of drypoint printing lend the work a raw, tactile quality on the luxurious Somerset Satin paper. True to Nauman's conceptual practice, the work transforms a familiar object into something psychologically charged, evoking themes of repetition, entrapment, and the darker undercurrents of American culture.