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Dan Flavin (April 1, 1933 – November 29, 1996) was an American minimalist artist famous for creating sculptural objects and installations from commercially available fluorescent light fixtures. Early life and career. Daniel Nicholas Flavin Jr. was born in Jamaica, New York, of Irish Catholic descent, and was sent to Catholic schools. [1] .
3 hours ago · Flavin touched many lives in Southwest Louisiana, personally and professionally. He and his wife Lisa had six children and now 20 grandchildren. He served as a state representative starting in 1996. Former senator and friend Dan “Blade” Morrish says Flavin’s greatest achievement had to do with the Port of Lake Charles.
Nov 29, 1996 · A clear progression in scale and ambition marks Flavin's site-specific light installations, sculptural and architectural environments commissioned by a wide-range of artistic and religious institutions for the rest of his career.
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Dan Flavin was an American minimalist artist famous for creating sculptural objects and installations from commercially available fluorescent light fixtures. In 1956, Flavin briefly attended the Hans Hofmann School of Fine Arts and studied art under Albert Urban.
Dan Flavin (April 1, 1933 – November 29, 1996) was an American minimalist artist famous for creating sculptural objects and installations from commercially available fluorescent light fixtures.
One might not think of light as a matter of fact, but I do. And it is, as I said, as plain and open and direct an art as you will ever find. —Dan Flavin, 1987. For more than three decades, Dan Flavin (1933-1996) vigorously pursued the artistic possibilities of fluorescent light.
Apr 29, 2024 · Dan Flavin was an American artist whose installations featuring fluorescent lighting tubes in geometric arrays emit a rich ambient monochrome or multicoloured light that subtly reshapes the interior spaces in which they are displayed, creating intense visual sensations for the viewer.
Dan Flavin (1933-1996) produced a singularly consistent and prodigious body of work that utilized commercially available fluorescent lamps to create installations (or “situations,” as he preferred to call them) of light and color.
Dan Flavin: A Retrospective. This is the first comprehensive exhibition devoted to minimalist artist Dan Flavin's full career. Organized by Dia Art Foundation in association with the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and co-curated by Michael Govan, LACMA CEO and Wallis Annenberg Director, and Tiffany Bell, Director of the Dan Flavin ...
Dan Flavin (April 1, 1933 – November 29, 1996) was an American minimalist artist famous for creating sculptural objects and installations from commercially available fluorescent light fixtures.
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