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Bruce Nauman
First Hologram Series: Making Faces (D)1968

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Sculptural installation with a black mechanical device on a narrow metal table projecting a green glow, beside a floor stand displaying a small panel with a luminous green face-like image
Installation view in a darkened room: a hologram on a freestanding transparent screen shows a close-up figure with hands raised near the face, rendered entirely in bright green laser light, with a projector unit visible to the right emitting a green beam.
Mixed-media installation with a black laser or optical device mounted on a white platform atop a metal table, projecting a vivid green holographic image of a face onto a small screen on a freestanding stand to the right.
Video installation in a darkened room; a large screen on a stand glows vivid green, displaying a blurred close-up of a human torso or hand, with a small green projection device visible to the right.
Artist or Maker
Bruce Nauman
United States, born 1941
Title
First Hologram Series: Making Faces (D)
Date Made
1968
Medium
Holographic image on glass
Dimensions
each: 8 × 10 × 1/4 in. (20.3 × 25.4 × 0.64 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Giuseppe and Giovanna Panza di Biumo in honor of the museum's 50th anniversary
Accession Number
M.2015.103.1.1-.2
Classification
Installation Art
Collecting Area
Contemporary Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Gifts on the Occasion of LACMA's 50th Anniversary. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2015.
  • Salvesen, Britt. 3D: Double Vision. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich: DelMonico Books-Prestel, 2018.