The film, sculpture, drawing, and collage works of Bruce Conner are considered critical components of the avant-garde movements of the 1950s and ‘60s, forming a visual connection between Beat poetry and neo-Dada and Surrealist art. During the 1970s Conner focused on drawing and photography, producing life-sized photograms as well as intimately scaled inkblot drawings. Religious imagery and symbols, as well as latent violence and death, are recurring themes in his work.