Bruce Nauman: Presence/Absence

Bruce Nauman‘s “Presence/Absence” is on view at White Cube Hong Kong through May 8. The exhibition is his first in Hong Kong and presents video works by the American artist. Included are influential works like Setting a Good Corner (Allegory & Metaphor) (1999), Thumb Start and 4th Finger Start (both 2013), and Mapping the Studio (Fat Chance John Cage), (2001). “What makes the work interesting is if you choose the right questions. Then, as you proceed, the answers are what’s interesting.’ With an economy of means, and the length of the work often determined by the duration of the medium or of a given task, they are modelled on the artist’s self-confessed desire ‘to find the most efficient way to get what I want,” said the artist.