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Dan Flavin

Dan Flavin, Untitled (to Hans Coper, Master Potter), 1990 Cool white fluorescent light, Four elements: 96 inches each (h) (243.8 cm)

Dan Flavin, Untitled (to Hans Coper, Master Potter), 1990

Cool white fluorescent light, Four elements: 96 inches each (h) (243.8 cm)

Dan Flavin, the nominal three (to William of Ockham), 1963 Daylight fluorescent light, Dimensions variable, edition of 3© 2016 Stephen Flavin/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Dan Flavin, the nominal three (to William of Ockham), 1963

Daylight fluorescent light, Dimensions variable, edition of 3
© 2016 Stephen Flavin/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

About

Dan Flavin was born in Jamaica, NY in 1933 and died in Riverhead, NY in 1996. Major retrospectives of his work have been organized by the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa (1969), St. Louis Art Museum (1973), Kunsthalle Basel (1975), Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles (1989), Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin (1999), and Dia Foundation for the Arts (traveled, 2004–07). The Dan Flavin Art Institute was established in 1983 in Bridgehampton, New York.