Body Pressure (offset poster by Bruce Nauman)

NAUMAN, Bruce

Published by Friedrich Christian Flick, 1974 / Andrea Rosen Gallery 2004, 2004

About this Item

This offset poster is by Bruce Nauman, titled "Body Pressure"; unlimited edition, not signed; originally published by Friedrich Christian Flick in 1974 and is to be reproduced for different exhibitions; PLEASE NOTE: the one I'm selling here was reprinted for an exhibition at Andrea Rosen gallery in summer of 2004. The 1974 & 2004 are exactly the same and it is almost impossible to tell them apart (probably the only way to tell the difference is that the 2004 -like mine- is birght & looks new and the 1974 will be a some what a dull pink); poster size: 25-3/16 x 16-1/2in; text printed on a thin pink paper; the text at bottom right states: "Bruce Nauman 1974". CONTENTS: some of the 10 paragrahs text: "Press as much of the front surface of your body (palms in or out, left or right cheek" against the wall as possible. "Press very hard and concentrate." "Form an image of yourself (suppose you had just stepped forward) on the opposite side of the wall pressing back against the wall very hard." CLOSE TO THE BOTTOM: "Concentrate on tension in the muscles, pain where bones meet, fleshy deformations that occur under pressure, consider body hair, perspiration odors (smell)." "This may become a very erotic exercise." Some REFERENCE about the piece by Lynne Cooke titled "Text by Lynne Cooke": "In the late 1960s when a recent art-school graduate, Bruce Nauman began to explore issues relating to the practice of artmaking and to the role of the artist. Performances that put his own body under duress paralleled those that demanded as much of paid performers or of spectators: compare the physically exhausting Slow Angle Walk (Beckett Walk) (1968) with Body Pressure (1974), exacting mental exercises in which, respectively, an actor and viewers are required through intense concentration to try to suffuse themselves into the architecture of the room. Sometimes these works were orchestrated for the camera in the studio, then to become single-monitor video pieces; sometimes they were choreographed for a gallery or museum situation." CONDITION OF POSTER: still a very bright pink paper after being stored for years, a few tiny creases to edges, otherwise poster is in VERY GOOD COND. Seller Inventory # 6463

Bibliographic Details

Title: Body Pressure (offset poster by Bruce Nauman)

Publisher: Friedrich Christian Flick, 1974 / Andrea Rosen Gallery 2004

Publication Date: 2004

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Very Good