{"product_id":"17281-dan-flavin","title":"Dan Flavin","description":"\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003e\u003cSPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: italic\"\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: DE; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\"\u003e\u003cFONT size=2 face=TheSans\u003eTransforming color into light is one of the great themes of painting. Dan Flavin (1933–1996) used light as color and material. Employing ordinary neon light tubes, he developed a radical new form of art that freed the “picture” from its frame and turned it into a luminous, space-consuming color object. Expanding the wall painting by turning it into a light installation corresponded with the liberation of light from its traditionally spiritual meaning. Flavin’s works recall neon signs from urban nightlife or commonplace living-room lamps. Viewers find themselves immersed in a splendid play of light and color that allows the physical experience of unrestrained art. This publication elucidates the development of Flavin’s oeuvre—from the visual objects, the so-called \u003cEM\u003eIcons,\u003c\/EM\u003e\u003c\/FONT\u003e\u003cSPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: italic\"\u003e\u003cFONT size=2 face=TheSans\u003e to the spatial installations with\u003cI\u003e \u003c\/I\u003eneon tubes—and explains their genesis based on drawings and prints, an independent group of works that testifies to the artist’s visual sensitivity.\u003c\/FONT\u003e \u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003e\u003cSPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: italic\"\u003e\u003cFONT size=2\u003e(English edition \u003cSPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: TheSans\"\u003eISBN 978-3-7757-3523-0)\u003c?xml:namespace prefix = \"o\" ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/FONT\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003cFONT size=2\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/FONT\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003e\u003cFONT size=2\u003eExhibition schedule: mumok. museum moderner kunst stiftung ludwig, \u003c?xml:namespace prefix = \"st1\" ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/\u003e\u003cst1:City w:st=\"on\"\u003e\u003cst1:place w:st=\"on\"\u003eVienna\u003c\/st1:place\u003e\u003c\/st1:City\u003e, October 13, 2012–February 3, 2013 | Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, February–June 2013\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/FONT\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\n\u003cP\u003e\u003cFONT size=2 face=TheSans\u003e\u003c\/FONT\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/P\u003e\n","brand":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44873338093832,"sku":"9783775735223","price":19.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8948\/8049\/files\/odoo_9783775735223_12883680-00f7-40d2-8c9c-22ee398a4617.jpg?v=1744052630","url":"https:\/\/www.hatjecantz.de\/en\/products\/17281-dan-flavin","provider":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","version":"1.0","type":"link"}