Bruce Conner (b. 1933, McPherson, KS, d. 2008, San Francisco, CA), who worked in sculpture, collage, painting, drawing, and film, was one of the foremost American artists of the postwar era. Emerging from the California art scene, Conner’s work touches on various themes of postwar American society, from a rising consumer culture to the dread of nuclear apocalypse. His works have been included in seminal exhibitions such as 1961's The Art of Assemblage at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Presently, seven of Conner’s films are on display in a one-person exhibition at the Marciano Foundation, Los Angeles, Bruce Conner / Recording Angel.
Conner has had several career retrospectives; most recently Bruce Conner: It’s All True was presented at the Museum of Modern Art, New York (2016), which traveled to San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in California and Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid; and 2000 BC: The Bruce Conner Story Part II at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis (2000), which traveled to the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum in San Francisco, and the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art. His works are represented in many public collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art; the Whitney Museum of American Art; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; and Centre Pompidou, Paris.
Bruce Conner
CROSSROADS, 1976
35 mm, black and white sound film
36 minutes
Original music by Patrick Gleeson and Terry Riley
Emily Feather and Friend
Miguel A, 2004
ink on paper
image: 11 1/2 x 7 3/8 in. (29.2 x 18.7 cm)
paper: 12 x 8 in. (30.5 x 20.3 cm)
frame: 18 1/2 x 13 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. (47 x 34.3 x 3.2 cm)
Bruce Conner
THIRTEEN COLOR PUNK PHOTOS, 1978-2012
portfolio of 13 pigmented ink jet prints
paper size, each: 22 x 17 in. (55.9 x 43.2 cm)
image size, each: 20 x 13 1/2 in. (50.8 x 34.3 cm)
Edition of 5, 2 AP
Bruce Conner
THE MUTANTS, MARCH 7, 1978, 1985
gelatin silver print
27 1/4 x 39 1/8 in. (69.2 x 99.4 cm)
framed: 32 1/2 x 44 1/4 x 2 in. (82.6 x 112.4 x 5.1 cm)
Bruce Conner
AT THE HEAD OF THE STAIRS, 2003
cotton, fire-retardant polyester, and wool Jacquard tapestry
92 x 82 in. (233.7 x 208.3 cm)
Edition of 6
Bruce Conner
LOOKING FOR MUSHROOMS, 1959-67/1996
16mm to 35mm optical blow-up, color, sound, 14.5min
dimensions variable
Edition of 6, 2 AP
Bruce Conner
UNTITLED (DO NOT REMOVE), 1960
plastic pouch, ribbon with tape, embossed paper, postage stamps [verso and recto], feathers, shells and mylar
portfolio with ribbon: 22 1/4 x 8 1/2 x 1/2 in. (56.5 x 21.6 x 1.3 cm)
frame: 26 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 2 in. (67.3 x 21.6 x 5.1 cm)
Bruce Conner: IT’S ALL TRUE, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, 2016.
Bruce Conner
UNTITLED, March 26, 1975
ink on paper
image: 9 7/8 x 9 7/8 in. (25.1 x 25.1 cm)
frame: 17 3/4 x 17 3/4 x 1 1/4 in. (45.1 x 45.1 x 3.2 cm)
Bruce Conner
EASTER MORNING, 1966/2008
8mm transferred to digital video, color, sound, 10min
dimensions variable
Edition of 6, 2 AP
original music by Terry Riley
Bruce Conner
CHRIST CASTING OUT THE LEGION OF DEVILS, 2003
cotton, fire-retardant polyester, and wool Jacquard tapestry
104 1/2 x 115 in. (265.4 x 292.1 cm)
Edition of 6
Bruce Conner
FLOATING HEAD, 1958-59
mixed media and epoxy on board
17 x 17 in. (43.2 x 43.2 cm)
frame: 26 x 26 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 66 x 12.1 cm)
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