The artwork titled “La Brea/Art Tips/Rat Spit/Tar Pits,” created by Bruce Nauman in 1972, belongs to the minimalism art movement and is categorized as an installation. The artwork is a neon sculpture consisting of a series of words rendered in colorful neon light tubing connected to electrical boxes and wiring. The phrases “La Brea,” “Art Tips,” “Rat Spit,” and “Tar Pits” are written in red and green neon light and arranged in an irregular circular formation. This installation utilizes the visual simplicity and conceptual complexity characteristic of minimalism, inviting viewers to contemplate the relationships among language, meaning, and visual form.
