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Learned Helplessness in Rats (Rock and Roll Drummer) by Bruce Nauman — VisualArtsDB

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Learned Helplessness in Rats (Rock and Roll Drummer)

1988

Medium: Plexiglass maze, closed-circuit video camera, scanner and mount, switcher, two videotape players, 13-inch color monitor, 9-inch back-and-white monitor, video projector, and two videotapes (color, sound)
Dimensions: Dimensions variable
Genre: installation
Museum: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

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