“Violins Violence Silence”
1981-1982
Neon tubing with clear glass tubing suspension frame, 60 1/2 x 66 1/2 x 6 inches
Oliver-Hoffmann Family Collection, Chicago
Courtesy Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, © Bruce Nauman/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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This post is dedicated to my son, Aubrey, who, when he was 8, told a sales clerk he was planning to go out for Hallowe’en as “Violence” — she heard “Violins” and thought he was so cute. He ended up going as the Periodic Table of Undead Elements.

Bruce Nauman Pinch Neck 1968 (via mabsurda)