1967: Bruce Nauman, The True Artist Helps the World by Revealing Mystic Truths (Neon Art)

For artists of the 1960s like Bruce Nauman and Lili Lakich, neon’s association with kitsch and urban blight made it provocative material. In 1967, Nauman wrote, in a neon spiral, “The True Artist Helps the World by Revealing Mystic Truths,” asserting that this piece was just another sign, not a work of art.[more...]