Bruce Nauman: Elliott’s Stones–
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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, 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.