Oh, Carlos.

I saw this in the basement of the Whitney in May.  The entire series is incredibly clever, and Mr. Nauman was ridiculously cute in his day.

sympathyfortheartgallery:

One of my most favorite photos ever;
Bruce Nauman, Self Portrait as a Fountain
(Eleven Color Photographs)
(via  » Go See – New York: “Photoconceptualism 1966-1973″ featuring works by Bruce Nauman, Dan Graham, Robert Smithson, Mel Bochner, Gordon Matta-Clark, Edward Ruscha Whitney Museum of American Art, through September 20, 2009 - AO Art Observed™)

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   A portrait…of the artist…as a fountain!

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