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)

Outback Artifacts - Oh Yeah No Chance, 1991

Bruce McLean

Outback Artifacts - Oh Yeah No Chance, 1991

Sale Date: October 23, 2020

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Uncluttered Simplicity, 1991

Bruce McLean

Uncluttered Simplicity, 1991

Sale Date: October 23, 2020

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A menacing face

Bruce McLean

A menacing face

Sale Date: July 30, 2020

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abstract study in green, grey, and black

Bruce McLean

abstract study in green, grey, and black

Sale Date: May 28, 2020

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a large earthenware plate with brush and..., 2015

Bruce McLean

a large earthenware plate with brush and..., 2015

Sale Date: March 13, 2020

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a large earthenware plate with brush and..., 2015

Bruce McLean

a large earthenware plate with brush and..., 2015

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a large earthenware plate with brush and..., 2015

Bruce McLean

a large earthenware plate with brush and..., 2015

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a large earthenware plate with brush and..., 2015

Bruce McLean

a large earthenware plate with brush and..., 2015

Sale Date: March 13, 2020

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One Saucisson d'Or and Twenty Five Saucisson , 2000

Bruce McLean

One Saucisson d'Or and Twenty Five Saucisson , 2000

Sale Date: January 15, 2020

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Room for a Sidecar; Room for a Mean Martini, 1997

Bruce McLean

Room for a Sidecar; Room for a Mean Martini, 1997

Sale Date: December 18, 2019

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UNTITLED (3 works)

Bruce McLean

UNTITLED (3 works)

Sale Date: October 22, 2019

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Untitled (plate), 2015

Bruce McLean

Untitled (plate), 2015

Sale Date: October 10, 2019

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Untitled (plate), 2015

Bruce McLean

Untitled (plate), 2015

Sale Date: October 10, 2019

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Untitled (plate), 2015

Bruce McLean

Untitled (plate), 2015

Sale Date: October 10, 2019

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Untitled (plate), 2015

Bruce McLean

Untitled (plate), 2015

Sale Date: October 10, 2019

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Untitled (plate), 2015

Bruce McLean

Untitled (plate), 2015

Sale Date: October 10, 2019

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Untitled (plate), 2015

Bruce McLean

Untitled (plate), 2015

Sale Date: October 10, 2019

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Vertical Dusk & Horizontal Dawn

Bruce McLean

Vertical Dusk & Horizontal Dawn

Sale Date: September 19, 2019

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Room for a Sidecar; Room for a Mean Martini, 1997

Bruce McLean

Room for a Sidecar; Room for a Mean Martini, 1997

Sale Date: September 19, 2019

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Dark Garden, 2006

Bruce McLean

Dark Garden, 2006

Sale Date: July 31, 2019

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Vertical Dusk & Horizontal Dawn (together with...

Bruce McLean

Vertical Dusk & Horizontal Dawn (together with...

Sale Date: May 2, 2019

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UNTITLED; UNTITLED; UNTITLED

Bruce McLean

UNTITLED; UNTITLED; UNTITLED

Sale Date: April 9, 2019

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HORIZONTAL DAWN & VERTICAL DUSK

Bruce McLean

HORIZONTAL DAWN & VERTICAL DUSK

Sale Date: January 22, 2019

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Unique console, 1987–1988

Bruce McLean

Unique console, 1987–1988

Sale Date: October 18, 2018

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