
Echo
"Echo" by Iván Navarro is a captivating installation that uses neon light, plywood, and mirror to create an illusion of infinite depth within a seemingly shallow structure. The glowing neon tubes are reflected endlessly between mirrored surfaces, drawing the viewer into a hypnotic tunnel of light that defies the physical boundaries of the object. The work plays with perception and repetition, evoking themes of infinity, entrapment, and the disorienting nature of self-reflection.
- Medium
- neon, plywood, mirror
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale
June 28, 2016
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Dan Flavin
American · b. 1933

Flavin pioneered the use of fluorescent light tubes as sculptural and spatial elements, creating minimalist installations where glowing light transforms architectural space much like the neon in Echo. His works share the same cool geometric luminosity and the way light itself becomes the primary material and subject.

Yayoi Kusama
Japanese · b. 1929

Kusama's Infinity Mirror Rooms use mirrored surfaces and repeated light elements to create the same illusion of endless depth and spatial disorientation central to Echo. Both artists use reflection and repetition to evoke themes of infinity and psychological immersion within a contained physical structure.

James Turrell
American · b. 1943

Turrell creates immersive light installations that manipulate perception and challenge viewers sense of physical space and depth, directly paralleling the hypnotic tunnel effect of Echo. His sustained focus on light as a medium that alters psychological and spatial experience connects deeply with Navarros intentions in this work.
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