Dan Flavin's *red, yellow, blue fluorescent light* exemplifies his pioneering use of commercial fluorescent tubes as both medium and subject, transforming industrial light fixtures into minimalist sculpture. The work bathes its surrounding environment in saturated color, collapsing the boundary between object and space as the emitted light becomes as integral to the piece as the tubes themselves. True to Flavin's own words, the work is refreshingly unadorned — a direct, democratic art that finds beauty and meaning in the most commonplace of materials.