Andrew Head / Andrew Head Reversed, Nose to Nose

1990

Not on view

Returned to lender

This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.

Here, two disembodied heads form a tableau evocative of mutilation. A cast of Nauman’s own tongue in one of the heads makes them even more unsettling. The title refers to Andrew Peters, a model for Nauman’s series of hollow wax heads, begun in 1989. Wax is traditionally used only in the intermediate stages of sculpting and casting, but here Nauman fashions from it a finished work of art. At the same time, he has also left wrinkles and casting seams, details that would generally be removed in more polished objects.

Artwork Details

Overview

Exhibition History

Title: Andrew Head / Andrew Head Reversed, Nose to Nose
Artist: Bruce Nauman (American, born Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1941)
Date: 1990
Geography: Country of Origin USA
Medium: Wax and pigment
Dimensions: 11 × 17 1/2 × 8 in. (27.9 × 44.5 × 20.3 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit Line: Private Collection courtesy Shoshana Wayne Gallery - Santa Monica, CA.
Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art