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)

Hot slick, 1989–1989

Bruce McLean

Hot slick, 1989–1989

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The Second International

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The Second International

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Good, 1989–1989

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Good, 1989–1989

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Nude, 1989–1989

Bruce McLean

Nude, 1989–1989

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Green, black and blue, 1984–1984

Bruce McLean

Green, black and blue, 1984–1984

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Orange, grey and blue, 1984–1984

Bruce McLean

Orange, grey and blue, 1984–1984

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Pile of pearl, 1984–1984

Bruce McLean

Pile of pearl, 1984–1984

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Wunder Bar, 1982–1982

Bruce McLean

Wunder Bar, 1982–1982

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Grey and green, 1984–1984

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Grey and green, 1984–1984

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Blue and black, 1984–1984

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Blue and black, 1984–1984

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Red, black and blue, 1984–1984

Bruce McLean

Red, black and blue, 1984–1984

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Step to step, 1981–1981

Bruce McLean

Step to step, 1981–1981

Sale Date: March 11, 1998

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Towards a performance: Good manners or physical...

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Towards a performance: Good manners or physical...

Sale Date: October 22, 1997

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Sombre sombrero/bouyant beret

Bruce McLean

Sombre sombrero/bouyant beret

Sale Date: October 21, 1997

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Interior

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Plaster head for spaghetti alle vongole..., 1994

Bruce McLean

Plaster head for spaghetti alle vongole..., 1994

Sale Date: June 26, 1997

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Plaster head for spaghetti alle vongole..., 1994

Bruce McLean

Plaster head for spaghetti alle vongole..., 1994

Sale Date: June 26, 1997

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Cumulus, 1989

Bruce McLean

Cumulus, 1989

Sale Date: June 23, 1997

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Interior

Bruce McLean

Sale Date: June 18, 1997

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From pillar to pillar and post to post, 1980

Bruce McLean

From pillar to pillar and post to post, 1980

Sale Date: June 7, 1997

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Pot head man, 1984

Bruce McLean

Pot head man, 1984

Sale Date: May 31, 1997

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Orange disc and head (for Spaghetti alla..., 1994

Bruce McLean

Orange disc and head (for Spaghetti alla..., 1994

Sale Date: May 30, 1997

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Yellow jug (for Spaghetti alla Vongole twice), 1974

Bruce McLean

Yellow jug (for Spaghetti alla Vongole twice), 1974

Sale Date: May 30, 1997

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Composition, 1985

Bruce McLean

Composition, 1985

Sale Date: May 15, 1997

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