Bruce Nauman (U.S.A., b. 1941) Bruce Nauman has been recognized since the early 1970s as one of the most innovative and provocative of North America's contemporary artists. Nauman finds inspiration in the activities, speech, and materials of everyday life. Working in the diverse mediums of sculpture, video, film, printmaking, performance, and installation, Nauman concentrates less on the development of a characteristic style and more on the way in which a process or activity can transform or become a work of art.