Double Poke in the Eye II, by Bruce Nauman Made in 1985, during his last foray into the medium of neon, Double Poke in the Eye II exemplifies Nauman’s signs from this period, in which figurative elements, mostly clowns and rudimentary silhouettes of men and women, predominate. The subject matter runs the gamut from love and cruelty, humor and tragedy to politically inflected current events such as torture, genocide, and war. This particular work is a variant of the platitude, “better than a poke in the eye [witha sharp stick].”