I like to use my hands and make things... It might seem pretty stupid or pointless but that doesn't matter... some of the most interesting work is the stuff that starts like that - out of a raw need for activity.

Purchased in a 50–50 deal by François Pinault and LACMA. For Beginners (all the combinations of the thumb and fingers) (2010) – video depicting Nauman’s hands enacting all the possible combinations of the four fingers and thumb – 31 positions in all – accompanied by his verbal enumeration of each finger combination.

Nauman lives near Galisteo New Mexico. Bruce Nauman (born December 6 1941) is a contemporary American artist.