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)

Putting on the Angst, 1982

Bruce McLean

Putting on the Angst, 1982

Sale Date: November 14, 2014

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Abstract study in yellow, green and red

Bruce McLean

Abstract study in yellow, green and red

Sale Date: September 25, 2014

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Moving the Goalposts I - III (set of 3 +...

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Moving the Goalposts I - III (set of 3 +...

Sale Date: September 17, 2014

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Vertical Dusk - Horizontal Dawn (2 works), 1991

Bruce McLean

Vertical Dusk - Horizontal Dawn (2 works), 1991

Sale Date: September 17, 2014

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A small collection (3 works)

Bruce McLean

A small collection (3 works)

Sale Date: September 17, 2014

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Stetson Sunset/Half a Homberg; Sombre..., 1989

Bruce McLean

Stetson Sunset/Half a Homberg; Sombre..., 1989

Sale Date: September 17, 2014

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A small collection (4 works)

Bruce McLean

A small collection (4 works)

Sale Date: September 17, 2014

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A small collection (3 works)

Bruce McLean

A small collection (3 works)

Sale Date: September 17, 2014

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Untitled, 1985

Bruce McLean

Untitled, 1985

Sale Date: September 17, 2014

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Vertical dusk

Bruce McLean

Vertical dusk

Sale Date: August 15, 2014

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She Sleeps with a Jug (with untitled..., 1986

Bruce McLean

She Sleeps with a Jug (with untitled..., 1986

Sale Date: June 24, 2014

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Moving the Goalposts I - III (set of 3) (+ an...

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Moving the Goalposts I - III (set of 3) (+ an...

Sale Date: June 4, 2014

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A colourful abstract study

Bruce McLean

A colourful abstract study

Sale Date: April 10, 2014

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Gucci head

Bruce McLean

Sale Date: March 19, 2014

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Oriental Garden I, 1982

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Oriental Garden I, 1982

Sale Date: December 11, 2013

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Three portraits of menacing faces (3 works)

Bruce McLean

Three portraits of menacing faces (3 works)

Sale Date: October 30, 2013

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A collection of monotypes together with four...

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A collection of monotypes together with four...

Sale Date: September 18, 2013

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Gucci Head, 1986

Bruce McLean

Gucci Head, 1986

Sale Date: July 11, 2013

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Where do you Stand; Lobster Factor 10,..., 1988–1989

Bruce McLean

Where do you Stand; Lobster Factor 10,..., 1988–1989

Sale Date: June 5, 2013

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Ohne Titel, 1987

Bruce McLean

Ohne Titel, 1987

Sale Date: June 8, 2013

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Pipe and ladders

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Pipe and ladders

Sale Date: April 17, 2013

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Two Figures and Untitled (2 works) (3 works), 1985

Bruce McLean

Two Figures and Untitled (2 works) (3 works), 1985

Sale Date: March 28, 2013

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Another Red Herring and Untitled (2 works) (3...

Bruce McLean

Another Red Herring and Untitled (2 works) (3...

Sale Date: March 28, 2013

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Study towards a film, 1981

Bruce McLean

Study towards a film, 1981

Sale Date: February 20, 2013

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