One Hundred Live and Die

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One Hundred Live and Die is a large-scale neon text installation by Bruce Nauman that repetitively juxtaposes phrases about living and dying to explore language, mortality, and human experience.

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instanceOf artwork ⓘ
installation art ⓘ
neon text installation ⓘ
artForm light art ⓘ
text art ⓘ
artisticStyle minimal text with maximal sensory impact ⓘ
color multicolored neon ⓘ
creator Bruce Nauman ⓘ
creatorBirthName Bruce Nauman ⓘ
creatorNationality American ⓘ
depicts phrases about dying ⓘ
phrases about living ⓘ
explores banality and intensity of everyday phrases ⓘ
emotional impact of language ⓘ
psychological effect of light and text ⓘ
repetition as a conceptual device ⓘ
tension between life and death ⓘ
format text-based artwork ⓘ
genre conceptual art ⓘ
hasPart flashing light sequences ⓘ
multi-colored neon tubes ⓘ
neon text phrases ⓘ
hasTitleLanguage English ⓘ
intendedEffectOnViewer emotional ambivalence between humor and anxiety ⓘ
heightened awareness of mortality ⓘ
reflection on everyday language ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lightingEffect alternating illumination ⓘ
flashing ⓘ
mainSubject death ⓘ
existential themes ⓘ
human experience ⓘ
language ⓘ
life ⓘ
mortality ⓘ
repetition ⓘ
medium glass tubing ⓘ
metal framework ⓘ
neon ⓘ
movement contemporary art ⓘ
notableFor immersive visual experience ⓘ
large physical scale ⓘ
repetitive juxtaposition of live and die phrases ⓘ
use of commercial neon signage aesthetics ⓘ
structure grid-like arrangement ⓘ
title One Hundred Live and Die ⓘ
uses electric light ⓘ

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Bruce Nauman → notableWork → One Hundred Live and Die ⓘ
One Hundred Live and Die → title → One Hundred Live and Die ⓘ