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.

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Bruce McLean (571 results)

Matching Sock and Shoes, 1984

Bruce McLean

Matching Sock and Shoes, 1984

Sale Date: July 12, 2022

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Plate

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Sale Date: April 29, 2022

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Study for a balanced view, 1987

Bruce McLean

Study for a balanced view, 1987

Sale Date: April 30, 2022

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Head with Green Smoke, 1984

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Head with Green Smoke, 1984

Sale Date: March 23, 2022

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Dream Work, 1985, 1985

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Dream Work, 1985, 1985

Sale Date: February 24, 2022

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Blue Splash, Red Door; She Sleeps with a..., 1986

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Blue Splash, Red Door; She Sleeps with a..., 1986

Sale Date: December 9, 2021

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Untitled

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Sale Date: October 17, 2021

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Soldat, 1989

Bruce McLean

Sale Date: November 2, 2021

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The Goalkeeper and Fear of the Spot

Bruce McLean

The Goalkeeper and Fear of the Spot

Sale Date: November 2, 2021

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Lobster Factor 10 Days 1-14,

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Lobster Factor 10 Days 1-14,

Sale Date: November 2, 2021

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Blue Splash, Red Door; She Sleeps with a..., 1986

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Blue Splash, Red Door; She Sleeps with a..., 1986

Sale Date: September 22, 2021

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Untitled, 1981

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Untitled, 1981

Sale Date: September 17, 2021

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Abstract Composition in Blue

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Abstract Composition in Blue

Sale Date: August 23, 2021

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SELF-PORTRAIT

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SELF-PORTRAIT

Sale Date: August 11, 2021

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ORANGE FACE, 1984, 1984

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ORANGE FACE, 1984, 1984

Sale Date: August 11, 2021

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Untitled (figure), 1986

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Untitled (figure), 1986

Sale Date: July 7, 2021

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Shadow of Shadow

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Shadow of Shadow

Sale Date: July 7, 2021

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Shadow of Shadow (yellow)

Bruce McLean

Shadow of Shadow (yellow)

Sale Date: July 7, 2021

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Head and Ladder, 1884

Bruce McLean

Head and Ladder, 1884

Sale Date: July 7, 2021

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Erotic Romantic., 1991

Bruce McLean

Erotic Romantic., 1991

Sale Date: May 25, 2021

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Blue Splash, Red Door; She Sleeps with a..., 1986

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Blue Splash, Red Door; She Sleeps with a..., 1986

Sale Date: April 28, 2021

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King For A Day, 1968–1972

Bruce McLean

King For A Day, 1968–1972

Sale Date: February 23, 2021

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Untitled, 1981

Bruce McLean

Untitled, 1981

Sale Date: December 15, 2020

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Olive on onyx, Gherkin on Glass, Cava on..., 2000

Bruce McLean

Olive on onyx, Gherkin on Glass, Cava on..., 2000

Sale Date: October 6, 2020

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