Writing on Dan Flavin Since 1964 - Softcover

Schubert, Karsten

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0500976449 ISBN 13: 9780500976449

Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2004

Synopsis

Dan Flavin is one of the most significant and influential artists of his generation. His radical use of fluorescent light throughout and beyond the 1960s forever changed the definitions and boundaries of sculptural practice. It Is What It Is assembles for the first time key essays on Flavin and reviews of his exhibitions. Spanning four decades, it charts the gradual evolution of a consensus about the meaning of his art in texts by some of the most influential art historians and critics of today, as well as a number of essays published here for the first time in English.

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Synopsis:

Dan Flavin (1933-1996) was one of the most significant and influential artists of his generation. His radical use of fluorescent light during and beyond the 1960s forever changed the definitions and boundaries of sculptural practice. Flavin stood alone in art practice; he was neither a painter nor a sculptor, but occupied a place somewhere between sculpture and installation. It Is What It Is fills a timely gap on reading available on Dan Flavin. Paula Feldman and Karsten Schubert have pieced together a chronological anthology spanning four decades. It contains 59 essays and reviews, a number of which are published here for the first time in English, charting the gradual evolution of a consensus about the meaning of Flavin's art. The authors include some of the most influential art historians, critics and artists of today. This comprehensive volume uncovers the formidable challenge posed to these authors of writing about an artist and an artform for which they had no pre-rehearsed discourse to rely on. It is an indispensable anthology on one of the central figures of Minimalism.

About the Author:

Paula Feldman is an Art Historian. Karsten Schubert is a German art dealer, publisher and founder of the Karsten Schubert gallery in London. He is an Advisory Board member of Drawing Room in London and a Faculty of the Fine Arts member of The British School at Rome.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0500976449
• ISBN 13: 9780500976449
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 296
• Editor: Feldman Paula