Dan Flavin . Icons

DanFlavinisakeyfigurein20th-centuryart.Leavingtheclassicalgenresofpaintingandsculpturebehindhim,fromtheearly1960shefocusedentirelyonexploringandrealizingtheartisticpotentialoflight.Usingcommercialfluorescentlightfixtures,hecreatedinstallationsthatofferednewdimensionsonourperceptionofspace.Thisbookisdedicatedtohisearliestexperimentswithartificiallight:eightwall-mountedpiecescreatedbetween1961and1964,whichhecalledIcons.TheIconsarewoodencratespaintedinonecolour,ontowhichFlavinmountedcolouredlampbulbsorfluorescentlightfixtures.CorinnaThierolfandJohannesVogt,curatorsatthePinakothekderModerneinMunich,exploretheinterfacetheIconssovirulentlyforgebetweenthereligiousmysticismoflight,theflickeringofthebrightlyilluminatedbillboardsonBroadwayandtheneonshrinesofpopularart.