Dan Flavin

monument 4 for those who have been killed in ambush (to P.K. who reminded me about death), 1966

Artwork Details

Artist
Dan Flavin
Title
monument 4 for those who have been killed in ambush (to P.K. who reminded me about death)
Year
1966
Medium
Fluorescent light and metal fixtures
Dimensions
96 x 4 x 5 in. (243.8 x 10.2 x 12.7 cm) each
Credit line
Dia Art Foundation
Reference number
1980.615
Classification
Sculpture
Location
Dia Beacon on view

On Display at Dia Beacon

Four neon tubes of increasing length lie beside one another on the floor in the corner of an industrial gallery space. The shortest tube is gold, the next is pink, and the two longest are both red.

Dan Flavin, gold, pink and red, red, 1964. © Stephen Flavin/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Bill Jacobson Studio, New York

Artist

Dan Flavin

Dan Flavin was born in New York City in 1933. He died in Riverhead, New York, in 1996.

 

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