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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Predicate Object
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 NERFINISHED
creatorBirthName Bruce Nauman NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
uses electric light

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Bruce Nauman notableWork One Hundred Live and Die