Bruce McLean
Scottish performance artist and sculptor, McLean studied at Glasgow School of Art, then St Martins, London. His early work humorously critiqued contemporary art of the time and its formal convention. He went on to form ‘Nice Style – The World’s First Pose Band’ with Gary Chitty and Paul Richards – although a band of sorts they were interested in whether sculpture could be performed. Several performances include Silvia Ziranek.
Bruce McLean
Performance documentation / Examples of works
There’s a Sculpture on My Shoulder, 1970
Pose Work for Plinths, 1971, Situation Gallery
Academic Board: A New Procedure, 1976, Battersea Arts Centre, London [collaborative work with a cast of seven/devised by William Furlong and Bruce McLean]
Publications
APPLIN, Jo (2011) ‘There’s a Sculpture on my Shoulder: Bruce McLean and the Anxiety of Influence’ in PEABODY, Rebecca, (ed) Anglo-American Exchange in Postwar Sculpture, 1945–1975, US: Getty
Study Room Ref: A0674
DIMITRIJEVIĆ, Nena (1982) Bruce McLean, Kunsthalle Basle/ Whitechapel Gallery, London/ Stedelik Van Abbemus, Eindhoven
Study Room Ref: P2945
GARY CHITTY, BRUCE MCLEAN AND PAUL RICHARDS IN CONVERSATION WITH JON WOOD
Study Room Ref: A0659
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COTTON, Michelle ed (2014) Bruce McLean, Colchester: firstsite
Talks/Interviews
TateShots: Bruce McLean – Studio Visit
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Frieze.com
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