24.120 | Spring 2009 | Undergraduate

Moral Psychology

Human/Need/Desire

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Human/Need/Desire, 1983, in neon tubing and wire with glass tubing suspension frames, by Bruce Nauman (American, born 1941). (Courtesy of FlickrDelusions on Flickr.)

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Photograph of the sculpture Human/Need/Desire, 1983, by Bruce Nauman. Nauman uses neon tubing to spell out the words of fundamental human experience. The words are arranged as a six-point, radiating star starting with dream on the lower left and arranged counter-clockwise: dream, need, human, human, desire, and hope.
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Human/Need/Desire, 1983, in neon tubing and wire with glass tubing suspension frames, by Bruce Nauman (American, born 1941). (Courtesy of FlickrDelusions on Flickr.)
Photograph of the sculpture Human/Need/Desire, 1983, by Bruce Nauman. Nauman uses neon tubing to spell out the words of fundamental human experience. The words are arranged as a six-point, radiating star starting with dream on the lower left and arranged counter-clockwise: dream, need, human, human, desire, and hope.

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