Bruce Nauman, Mold for a Modernized Slant Step, 1966
Images of Bruce Nauman, Mold for a Modernized Slant Step

Mold for a Modernized Slant Step, 1966
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Installed: 18 ¼ × 14 ½ × 13 3/8 in. (46.4 × 36.8 × 34 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gerald S. Elliott Collection, 1995.70.a-b
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago
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Exhibitions
- West by Midwest–
- Short A black-and-white photograph of two men shaking hands is mounted to a light-colored piece of wood.
- Long A black-and-white photograph with white borders is affixed to a small wood board with photo corners. The photo shows a scene in a supper club or restaurant. It features two fair-skinned, dark-haired men in suits standing, shaking hands. The man on the left holds a small box and the man on the right extends his left hand to receive it. In the foreground, two seated, light-skinned people with long dark glossy hair look up at the men from their table. The two men look directly at us. A date stamp reading "JAN 3 1968" appears in the bottom border of the photo. The ends of two knotted leather cords emerge above and below the photo on the left side of the wooden board, seemingly binding the board like a book cover. A signature reading "Edward Ruscha" appears on the board in blue ink below the image, and the initials "B.A.B." are signed and underlined in black on the wood above the mounted photograph.
Collection
- Bruce Nauman, Bound to Fail (from the portfolio Eleven Color Photographs), 1966–67/1970/2007
- Short A person wearing a thick orange sweater is shown from behind. Their arms are bound haphazardly to their torso with rope.
- Bruce Nauman, Drill Team (from the portfolio Eleven Color Photographs), 1966–67/1970/2007
- Short A photo shows five differently sized drill bits extending upward from a small piece of wood, which rests on a colorful green and yellow background.
- Bruce Nauman, Eating My Words (from the portfolio Eleven Color Photographs), 1966–67/1970/2007
- Short A photo shows a young light-skinned man seated at a table and spreading a red substance onto white letters on a dinner plate.
- Bruce Nauman, Feet of Clay (from the portfolio Eleven Color Photographs), 1966–67/1970/2007
- Short A photo of a person's feet covered in a thick, clay-like substance is lit with dramatic red and green lighting.
- Bruce Nauman, Self-Portrait as a Fountain (from the portfolio Eleven Color Photographs), 1966–67/1970/2007
- Short A shirtless man shown from the torso up with pursed lips gingerly spits water toward the left of the viewer.
- Bruce Nauman, Untitled (from the portfolio Eleven Color Photographs), 1966–67/1970/2007
- Short In this photo, a light-skinned person's arms are visible against a blue background. Stretched between their fingers like the game cat's cradle is a densely woven brown material.
- Bruce Nauman, Waxing Hot (from the portfolio Eleven Color Photographs), 1966–67/1970/2007
- Short A colorful photo shows a pair of light-skinned hands either cleaning or applying a product to a set of three large red letters spelling out the word "HOT."
- Bruce Nauman, Rats and Bats (Learned Helplessness in Rats II), 1988
- Short A translucent yellow acrylic organizing table holds multiple pieces of machinery. Their use is unclear, but they may be related to the faint image projected on the wall nearby.
- Bruce Nauman, Chambres d'Amis (Krefeld Piece), 1985
- Short A grainy image on a Sony television set shows a tan-skinned person with a short Afro and white shirt against a solid black background. Their mouth is open, as if speaking.
- Bruce Nauman, Live or Die (State I), 1985
- Short Words rendered in crudely applied red paint read: "LIVE OR DIE," set against a white background.
- Bruce Nauman, Live or Die (State II), 1985
- Short On a white paper rectangle, three lines of all-caps black text in streaky black lines reads "Live or Die."
- Bruce Nauman, Life, Death, Love, Hate, Pleasure, Pain, 1983
- Short A circle of words formed by neon lights in green, blue, pink, and yellow reads, clockwise from the top: "LOVE HATE PLEASURE PAIN LIFE DEATH."
- Bruce Nauman, Three Dead-End Adjacent Tunnels, Not Connected, 1979
- Short Three-dimensional triangle-shaped sculpture that sits on the floor
- Bruce Nauman, Run from Fear, Fun from Rear, 1972
- Short Two neon signs illuminate a dark room. The first reads, "Run from Fear" while underneath the second reads, "Fun from Rear."
- Short Two rows of neon text read, "RUN from FEAR" in yellow, and, "FUN from REAR" in red.
- Bruce Nauman, Slow Angle Walk (Beckett Walk), 1968
- Short A grainy black-and-white image shows a person in a white shirt and black pants with their left leg in the air. They stand against the far wall of a large, open room.
- Bruce Nauman, Henry Moore Bound to Fail, 1967
- Short A bronze cast of a wrinkled square cloth wrapped around the middle with a thick piece of rope is hung on a white wall.