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Dan Flavin — The light is an industrial object, and familiar…it is a means to new art.” -- Donald Judd, 1964
Dan Flavin

The light is an industrial object, and familiar…it is a means to new art.” -- Donald Judd, 1964

1989

Dan Flavin's arrangement of red, pink, yellow, blue, and green fluorescent tubes transforms commercially manufactured light fixtures into a luminous sculptural experience. The work bathes its surrounding environment in overlapping fields of colored light, dissolving the boundaries between object and space. By elevating the industrial and the everyday into the realm of fine art, Flavin challenges traditional notions of artistic materials and the nature of perception itself.

Medium
red, pink, yellow, blue and green fluorescent light

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale

November 16, 2016

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Dan Flavin, The light is an industrial object, and familiar…it is a means to new art.” -- Donald Judd, 1964, 1989

Dan Flavin's arrangement of red, pink, yellow, blue, and green fluorescent tubes transforms commercially manufactured light fixtures into a luminous sculptural experience. The work bathes its surrounding environment in overlapping fields of colored light, dissolving the boundaries between object and space. By elevating the industrial and the everyday into the realm of fine art, Flavin challenges traditional notions of artistic materials and the nature of perception itself.

Medium
red, pink, yellow, blue and green fluorescent light
Year
1989
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Industrial, 20th Century, Bold Colors, Conceptual, Male Artist, Installation, American, Cool Tones, Conceptual Art, Immersive Experience, Industrial Materials, Immersive Installation, American Artist, Fluorescent Light, Installation Art, Industrial Aesthetic, Light Art, Multi-Colored, Pioneering Artist, Abstract, Vibrant Colors, Minimalism, Contemporary, Fluorescent Tubes, Influential Artist

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