Bruce McLean

(Scottish, born 1944)

Bruce McLean is a contemporary Scottish artist. Working across performance, sculpture, photography, and painting, he consistently challenges art world hierarchies using sharp satire and subtle subversions. McLean’s work employs the formal language and aesthetics of work he parodies, thereby confusing traditional understands of authenticity, skill, and sincerity for his audience. In one of his most iconic early works, Pose Work for Pliths 3 (1971), the artist enacted a series of increasingly playful poses atop simple white pedestals, thereby elevating and satirizing the traditional display of sculptural objects. “Pose Work for Plinths was just one of many pieces,” McLean remarked, “but it seems to have become my hit record, and it was instrumental in helping me move on to other things. I got very interested in architecture and in how you behave in different spaces.” Born in 1944 in Glasgow, United Kingdom, he studied at the Glasgow School of Art then under Anthony Caro and Phillip King at St. Martin’s School of Art in London. His works are in the collections of the Tate Gallery in London, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, and the National Museum of Modern Art in Edinburgh, among others. McLean lives and works in London, United Kingdom.

Bruce McLean Artworks

Bruce McLean (571 results)

Objet-Concept, 1972

Bruce McLean

Objet-Concept, 1972

Sale Date: May 31, 2016

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THE SWIMMING POOL, 1980

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THE SWIMMING POOL, 1980

Sale Date: April 28, 2016

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THE LOOKS, 1981

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THE LOOKS, 1981

Sale Date: April 28, 2016

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THE ACCENT, 1981

Bruce McLean

THE ACCENT, 1981

Sale Date: April 28, 2016

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THE POSITION

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Sale Date: April 28, 2016

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THE SIGN

Bruce McLean

Sale Date: April 28, 2016

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ABSTRACT, 1986

Bruce McLean

ABSTRACT, 1986

Sale Date: March 16, 2016

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Collection of 3 Serigraphs in Colors, 1980–1999

Bruce McLean

Collection of 3 Serigraphs in Colors, 1980–1999

Sale Date: January 26, 2016

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Collection of 3 Serigraphs in Color, 1980–1999

Bruce McLean

Collection of 3 Serigraphs in Color, 1980–1999

Sale Date: December 5, 2015

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Spagetti Alle Vongole, 1995

Bruce McLean

Spagetti Alle Vongole, 1995

Sale Date: November 21, 2015

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Blue Head, 1986

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Blue Head, 1986

Sale Date: October 22, 2015

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Vertical Dusk

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Vertical Dusk

Sale Date: August 13, 2015

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Untitled (2 works)

Bruce McLean

Untitled (2 works)

Sale Date: August 13, 2015

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Untitled (Gold Splash), 1988

Bruce McLean

Untitled (Gold Splash), 1988

Sale Date: August 13, 2015

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Dream Work (book w/ 23 works), 1985

Bruce McLean

Dream Work (book w/ 23 works), 1985

Sale Date: July 16, 2015

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Moving the Goalposts I - III

Bruce McLean

Moving the Goalposts I - III

Sale Date: July 15, 2015

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Composition, 1982

Bruce McLean

Composition, 1982

Sale Date: April 15, 2015

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Vertical dusk, 1944

Bruce McLean

Vertical dusk, 1944

Sale Date: March 18, 2015

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Horizontal dawn

Bruce McLean

Horizontal dawn

Sale Date: March 18, 2015

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White woman grey man red lino, 1985

Bruce McLean

White woman grey man red lino, 1985

Sale Date: March 18, 2015

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Waiter waiter there's a george vantongerloo..., 2010

Bruce McLean

Waiter waiter there's a george vantongerloo..., 2010

Sale Date: March 18, 2015

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New front door, 1980

Bruce McLean

New front door, 1980

Sale Date: February 22, 2015

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Jug 2 - Cocktails (triptych), 1991

Bruce McLean

Jug 2 - Cocktails (triptych), 1991

Sale Date: January 18, 2015

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Jug 2 - Cocktails - Triptych, 1991

Bruce McLean

Jug 2 - Cocktails - Triptych, 1991

Sale Date: December 3, 2014

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