© 2013 Bruce Nauman / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Currently not on view
Double Poke in the Eye II,
1985
Bruce Nauman, American, born 1941
2012-45
Nauman’s sculptures often play humorously on symbols and language to present socio-political commentary. In Double Poke in the Eye II, Nauman employed neon tubing and static animation, methods of commercial advertisement, to create a vignette of human action and retort—here either humorous and playful or vengeful and violent. His first professional studio was a San Francisco storefront from which he looked out onto neon advertisements in the windows of neighborhood stores and bars. A desire to bridge the divide between one’s everyday surroundings and the subjects, materials, and concepts of artistic practice was a motivating force for many American artists of the 1960s and ‘70s.
More About This Object
Information
Title
Double Poke in the Eye II
Dates
1985
Maker
Medium
Neon tubing mounted on aluminum monolith
Dimensions
61 x 91.4 x 23.5 cm (24 x 36 x 9 ¼ in.)
Neon tubing: 35.6 x 73.7 x 7.6 cm (14 x 29 x 3 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Christopher Forbes, Class of 1972, on the occasion of his 40th reunion, Charlotte Forbes Escaravage, Class of 1997, and Phillip Escaravage, Class of 1997, on their 15th reunion
Object Number
2012-45
Culture
Type
Subject
Commissioned by The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, New York. Christopher Forbes, New York, New York, gift; to Princeton University Art Museum, 2012.
