Bruce Conner was an American artist whose work spans experimental film, assemblage sculpture, drawing, and photography. Emerging in the late 1950s and 1960s, he used found materials—nylon stockings, wax, discarded objects—as well as appropriated film footage to critique consumer culture, media spectacle, and political violence.
His groundbreaking films, such as A Movie (1958) and Crossroads (1976), use montage to juxtapose disparate images, generating powerful emotional and political resonance. The editing rhythms operate like sculptural cuts in time.
Conner’s assemblages and collages explore similar themes through physical accumulation—objects layered into dense, often darkly humorous forms that critique the excess and anxiety of American life.
Throughout his career, Conner remained an independent, influential figure whose work challenges how images and objects operate within culture.
Bruce Conner was an American artist known for experimental films, assemblages, and collages that use found footage and materials to critique mass culture and political violence.
Bruce Conner was an American artist known for experimental film and assemblage, using found footage and materials to critique media spectacle, consumer culture, and political violence.
