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Bruce Nauman – Stadium Piece
Western Wears (Stylish Clothes) Bruce Nauman created Stadium Piece in hopes to break the barriers between viewer and object, and he succeeded. Stadium Piece is one of the most recognizable sculptures on Western’s campus because of how interactive it is…. Continue Reading →
(Collage work from left to right- Tyreke Wilbanks, Briar Swayne, Sophia Ricci) We decided to create a collage from an image of Stadium Piece in order to explore the idea of individuality in community. As a group, our task was… Continue Reading →
Bruce Nauman’s Stadium Piece has been on Westerns campus since 1980. Thousands of students have seen and have interacted with massive structure. Below is photography centered on the piece, through the eyes of two Western students. By, Finn Donnelly and… Continue Reading →
Stadium Piece is, without a doubt, one of the most notable sculptures present on the Western Washington University campus. Given that visitors typically park in the general lots on south campus, the zig-zagged stairwell is one of the first… Continue Reading →
The Story of the Stadium, By Bruce Nauman The Stadium piece by Bruce Nauman is one of the most used and interacted with sculptures on WWU’s campus. Nauman does a great job of breaking down the barrier between the… Continue Reading →
Interpreting Stadium Piece, by Bruce Nauman Take the Journey This Journey is a Microsoft Windows experience (sorry Mac users) Bruce Nauman’s iconic sculpture, Stadium Piece, is a unique piece of Western’s outdoor sculpture art. It’s uniqueness lies not only in… Continue Reading →
Bruce Nauman, the creator of Western Washington University’s stadium piece, is an American artist from Indiana with a background in performance art, photography, video, sculpture, and many other mediums. According to the Encyclopedia Britannica Nauman is a major figure in… Continue Reading →
The artist’s intent was that he wanted to create a piece that was series of steps and one that reflected a stadium or theater. His idea came from the steps that was in front of Parks Hall, or what… Continue Reading →
“Sunsets, flowers, landscapes: these kinds of things don’t move me to do anything. I just want to leave them alone. My work comes out of being frustrated about the human condition. And about how people refuse to understand other… Continue Reading →