“What interested me was the idea that…You don’t try to avoid the resistance.

“What interested me was the idea that…You don’t try to avoid the resistance. You go straight to it, try to analyze the parts that make you uncomfortable… and then certain physical blocks will be released.” –Bruce Nauman

Bruce Nauman’s invitations to participate in artwork, like the enticing surveillance of “Going Around the Corner Piece” where visitors who pace the perimeter of a sealed room catch glimpses of themselves from behind as they approach its surrounding monitors—now on view at MoMA—turn passive viewers into performers. Will you join in?

[Credit: Installation view, “Going Around the Corner Piece” (1970) in “Bruce Nauman: Disappearing Acts” at MoMA. © 2018 Bruce Nauman/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Martin Seck]