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150: 369:(1963) consists of six vertical fluorescent tubes on a wall, one to the left, two in the center, three on the right, all emitting white light. He confined himself to a limited palette (red, blue, green, pink, yellow, ultraviolet, and four different whites) and form (straight two-, four-, six-, and eight-foot tubes, and, beginning in 1972, circles). In the decades that followed, he continued to use fluorescent structures to explore color, light and sculptural space, in works that filled gallery interiors. He started to reject studio production in favor of site-specific "situations" or "proposals" (as the artist preferred to classify his work). These structures cast both light and an eerily colored shade, while taking a variety of forms, including "corner pieces", "barriers," and "corridors". Most of Flavin's works were untitled, followed by a dedication in parentheses to friends, artists, critics and others: the most famous of these include his 139: 1170:
that enclose elevator shafts, Flavin placed vertical structures made of two parallel, adjacent rows of six 4-foot (122 cm) fixtures each, all with blue lamps. Intersecting at the 4-foot intervals, six 4-foot fixtures with green lamps were placed horizontally to form a cross-like pattern. At the top of one large wall, near the main entrance but after the first elevator shaft, is a horizontal row of thirteen 4-foot fixtures with green lamps. They are mounted on the wall at the ceiling joint. This work was installed shortly before Flavin's death, although the building did not open officially until 1997.
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in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, designed by Uwe Kiessler of the architectural firm Kiessler + Partner, Flavin was commissioned to light an enclosed arcade. This passageway, which has a large glass facade with sections that can be opened in warm weather, connects nine buildings. On three unobstructed walls
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Flavin generally conceived his sculptures in editions of three or five, but would wait to create individual works until they had been sold to avoid unnecessary production and storage costs. Until the point of sale, his sculptures existed as drawings or exhibition copies. As a result, the artist left
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in New York, Flavin started to make sketches for sculptures that incorporated electric lights. The first works to incorporate electric light were his "Icons" series: eight colored shallow, boxlike square constructions made from various materials such as wood, Formica, or Masonite. Constructed by the
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Each of the more than 750 light sculptures that Dan Flavin designed - usually in editions of three or five - were listed on index cards and filed away. When one sold, the buyer received a certificate containing a diagram of the work, its title and the artist's signature and stamp. If someone showed
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Flavin's "corridors", for example, control and impede the movement of the viewer through gallery space. They take various forms: some are bisected by two back-to-back rows of abutted fixtures, a divider that may be approached from either side but not penetrated (the color of the lamps differs from
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descent, and was sent to Catholic schools. He was named after his father, D. Nicholas Flavin. Dan Flavin studied for the priesthood at the Immaculate Conception Preparatory Seminary in Brooklyn between 1947 and 1952 before leaving to join his twin brother, David John Flavin, and enlist in the
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and Jim Schaeufele, Dia's director of operations, on the renovation and design. Here, Flavin's works are exhibited in "rooms without windows or bearing an indirect relationship to its outside surroundings". The permanent display consists of nine all-fluorescent pieces, six in color and three
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in Houston, Texas states that in 1990 Dominique de Menil approached Flavin to create a permanent, site-specific installation at Richmond Hall. Two days before his death in November 1996 Flavin completed the design for the space. The artist's studio completed the work.
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for the Frankfurt Museum. After a first presentation in 1989, it was shown in various exhibitions at the museum between 1999 and 2002. Flavin himself examined the installation in Frankfurt in February 1993 and then adapted his installation concept for the museum.
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announced a collaboration with Flavin's estate. Schnabel joined the artist's son, Stephen Flavin, to present Flavin's light sculptures alongside works by European ceramicists admired and collected by Flavin.
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untitled (to Ward Jackson, an old friend and colleague who, during the Fall of 1957 when I finally returned to New York from Washington and joined him to work together in this museum, kindly communicated)
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Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main: 2. Informationsheft zur Architektur und Sammlung = Museum of Modern Art, Frankfurt am Main : 2nd publication on the architecture and collection
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Gallery in Munich exhibited the light installation "Two primary series and one secondary", presented in three exhibition rooms, which Flavin developed especially for the gallery. The collector
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had fluorescent tubes with incandescent and fluorescent bulbs attached to their sides, and sometimes beveled edges. One of these icons was dedicated to Flavin's twin brother David, who died of
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and assistant office manager at the Museum of Modern Art. The couple had one son, Stephen Flavin. The first marriage ended in divorce by 1979. Flavin's twin brother, David, died in 1962.
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From 1975, Flavin installed permanent works in Europe and the United States, including "Untitled. In memory of Urs Graf" at the Kunstmuseum Basel (conceived 1972, realized 1975); the
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dedicated to Schaeufele in three shades of white, as well as a drawing for an icon, not in the temporary exhibition, dedicated to his fraternal twin brother, David John.
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presented concurrent exhibitions of his works on paper and fluorescent sculptures. Among Flavin's many significant one-person exhibitions in Europe were shows at the
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During military service in 1954–55, Flavin was trained as an air weather meteorological technician and studied art through the adult extension program of the
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or the waters off Long Island. He also created small portraits and kept about 20 volumes of journals. Flavin collected drawings too, including works by
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that resulted in the making of several permanent site-specific installations and led most recently to the organization of the traveling exhibition,
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By 1968, Flavin had developed his sculptures into room-size environments of light. That year, he outlined an entire gallery in ultraviolet light at
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work. The exhibition included nearly 45 light works, including his "icons" series. The MCA's presentation included the re-creation of the
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Flavin, Dan (1993). Installationen in fluoreszierendem licht 1989-1993. Stuttgart: Edition Cantz. p.9-10, 83. ISBN 3893225404.
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and houses nine fluorescent light works by Flavin on permanent display in a gallery designed for them. in 1975 Dia installed
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and marks the beginning of Flavin's exclusive use of commercially available fluorescent light as a medium. A little later,
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In 1964, Flavin received an award from the William and Norma Copley Foundation, Chicago, with a recommendation from
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was initiated in the early 1980s, although the final plans were not completed until 1996. His last artwork was a
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Flavin, Dan (December 1965). "...in daylight or cool white': an autobiographical sketch". No. 4. Artforum.
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in Marfa, Texas (2000). His large-scale work in colored fluorescent light for six buildings at the
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In an Unlikely Pairing, Vito Schnabel Announces a Collaboration With the Dan Flavin Estate
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on January 23, 1997. Speakers included Brydon Smith, curator of 20th-century art at the
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Bell, Tiffany; Govan, Michael; Powell, Earl A.; Smith, Brydon; Weiss, Jeffrey (2004).
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room from the original MCA exhibition in 1967, Flavin's first solo museum exhibition.
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One of Flavin's last works was the lighting for a glass-enclosed arcade (1996) at the
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In a letter to Rolf Lauter from Steve Morse, Dan Flavin LTD Studio from March 4, 1993
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served as director. The first major retrospective of Flavin's work was organized by
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Frankfurt acquired the installation together with 86 other works from the former
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Flavin's first works were drawings and paintings that reflected the influence of
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Flavin's first one-person exhibition using only fluorescent light opened at the
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by Michael Govan and Tiffany Bell. Yale University Press, New Haven, CT. 2004.
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In 1961, he married his first wife Sonja Severdija, an art history student at
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The highest price by one of his artworks in the art market was reached when
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Flavin realized his first full installation piece, greens crossing greens (
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in Korea. Upon his return to New York in 1956, Flavin briefly attended the
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School of Fine Arts and studied art under Albert Urban. He later studied
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THE ESTATE OF DAN FLAVIN IS NOW EXCLUSIVELY REPRESENTED BY DAVID ZWIRNER
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up with a certificate and a damaged fixture, Flavin would replace it.
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edited by Rainer Fuchs. Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern 2012. English
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In 2010, artists Cindy Hinant and Nicolas Guagnini created the book
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behind more than 1,000 unrealized sculptures when he died in 1996.
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From 1959, Flavin was briefly employed as a mail room clerk at the
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S. Maria Annunciata in Chiesa Rossa, Dan Flavin's last artwork
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Dan Flavin's ‘Icon’ Constructions on Display in Bridgehampton
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Dan Flavin: A Retrospective, October 3, 2004–January 9, 2005
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Dan Flavin: A Retrospective, October 3, 2004–January 9, 2005
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in 1964. Two years later, his first European show opened at
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Diagonal of Personal Ecstasy (the Diagonal of May 25, 1963)
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Villa & Panza Collection: Dan Flavin - Varese Corridor
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Dan Flavin: A Retrospective, The National Gallery of Art
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It brought together more than 50 of Flavin's artworks.
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His first solo exhibition in Latin America was held at
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In the summer of 1961, while working as a guard at the
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objects and installations from commercially available
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Zehn Jahre Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt am Main
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Index

Jamaica, New York
Riverhead, New York
Columbia University
Installation art
Site-specific installation art
Tracy Harris

Menil Collection

Santa Maria Annunciata in Chiesa Rossa
Milan
minimalist
sculptural
fluorescent light
Jamaica, New York
Irish Catholic
United States Air Force
University of Maryland
Hans Hofmann
art history
New School for Social Research
Columbia University
Guggenheim Museum
Museum of Modern Art
Sol LeWitt
Lucy Lippard
Robert Ryman
New York University
Tracy Harris
Guggenheim Museum

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