BRUCE NAUMAN'S SOUND SCULPTURE, DAYS, MAKES ITS NEW YORK PREMIERE AT MoMA

Bruce Nauman: Days
June 2-August 23, 2010
Special Exhibition Gallery, third floor

New York, May 21, 2010—The single-work, sound installation Bruce Nauman: Days will fill The Museum of Modern Art's Special Exhibition Gallery, from June 2 to August 23, 2010. A recent addition to the Museum's collection, Nauman's Days (2009) was created for, and debuted at, the 2009 Venice Biennale, where the artist represented the United States with the solo exhibition Bruce Nauman: Topological Gardens. Days is a "sound sculpture" consisting of a continuous stream of seven voices reciting the days of the week in random order. Fourteen suspended speakers are installed in two rows with one voice emanating from each pair of speakers as the visitor passes between them. There are men's voices and women's voices, old and young. Some speak swiftly, others with pause, each with his or her own cadence.  The collection of distinctive voices produces a chorus—at times cacophonous, at others, resonant—and creates a sonic cocoon that envelops the visitor. The work invokes both the banality and the profundity of the passing of each day, and invites reflection on how we measure, differentiate, and commemorate time. The installation is organized by Doryun Chong, Associate Curator, Department of Painting and Sculpture, The Museum of Modern Art.

SPONSORSHIP:
The exhibition is made possible by Jerry I. Speyer and Katherine G. Farley and by The Contemporary Arts Council of The Museum of Modern Art.

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