By Andrew Russeth 7/10/12 7:32pm

Fish

Partial installation view of 'One Hundred Fish Fountain' (2005) at Donald Young Gallery. (Courtesy the artist and Donald Young Gallery)

Adam Sender’s Huge Bruce Nauman Fountain to Go on View at Gagosian

Like most contemporary art galleries, the Gagosian Gallery’s international branches tend to go quiet by the end of July, closing to the public or keeping on view a show that opened much earlier in the season. This year, though, Gagosian’s flagship spot at 980 Madison will open two month-long shows on July 30, each presenting one major artwork, Robert Ryman’s A Painting in Four Parts and Bruce Nauman’s One Hundred Fish Fountain. Read More

By Rozalia Jovanovic 3/01/12 5:22pm

Look at This!

10 Photos

Lorna Bieber, Dressing Room, 1991

New York Public Library Explores Photography and Decay

Bruce Nauman burned a copy of Ed Ruscha’s 1964 book Burning Small Fires and Milk—a book of everyday photographs with some that depict fires. Mr. Nauman photographed the book burning, then edited the images down to only pictures of fire, printed the images on one large sheet and folded down the uncut sheet between the covers of a book. To view Mr. Nauman’s book, called Burning Small Fires, you would have to fold and unfold it, causing wear to the paper and redundancy resonant with the book’s title. Read More