The True Artist Helps the World by Revealing Mystic Truths (Window or Wall Sign)

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artwork neon artwork text-based artwork

The True Artist Helps the World by Revealing Mystic Truths (Window or Wall Sign) is a seminal 1967 neon text artwork by Bruce Nauman that wryly explores the role and identity of the artist.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	artwork ⓘ neon artwork ⓘ text-based artwork ⓘ
artForm	installation art ⓘ light art ⓘ
artisticIntention	play with sincerity and irony ⓘ question the function of the artist ⓘ
color	blue neon ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
creator	Bruce Nauman NERFINISHED ⓘ
creatorNationality	American ⓘ
depicts	neon text statement ⓘ
describedAs	iconic neon text piece ⓘ seminal work in Bruce Nauman’s career ⓘ
displayMode	wall-mounted sign ⓘ window sign ⓘ
genre	conceptual art ⓘ
hasCreatorRole	Bruce Nauman as both artist and subject ⓘ
hasPart	spiral arrangement of text ⓘ
hasTitleText	The True Artist Helps the World by Revealing Mystic Truths NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception	1967 ⓘ
influenced	later conceptual text-based neon works ⓘ
influencedBy	commercial signage ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
mainSubject	art and truth ⓘ identity of the artist ⓘ irony in art ⓘ role of the artist ⓘ
material	metal support ⓘ neon light ⓘ
medium	glass ⓘ neon tubing ⓘ transformer ⓘ
movement	postminimalism ⓘ
notableFor	early example of Nauman’s text works ⓘ use of commercial neon signage aesthetics ⓘ wry exploration of the artist’s role ⓘ
partOf	Bruce Nauman’s early studio works ⓘ
significance	key work in the development of conceptual art in the late 1960s ⓘ
theme	artist as mystic or seer ⓘ self-reflexivity in art ⓘ tension between art and commerce ⓘ

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