About the Work
Seemingly flat, yet tumultuous as the sea in a storm, these irregularly shaped and deeply colored circles have a captivating multi-dimensionality that denies easy interpretation. As with much of Flavin's work, these prints inhabit the intersection between sculpture and painting and are extremely representative of the main artistic movement associated with Flavin, Abstract Expressionism.
About the Artist
One of the most influential and renowned figures in the contemporary art scene, Dan Flavin actually started his formal career in the art field as a guard and elevator operator for several museums. This experience probably reinforced his insight into the studies of light and the use of exhibition space and exposed him to the Impressionists, Colorists, Modernists, and Dadaists whose influences are made explicit in his work through his practice of leaving pieces untitled yet dedicated to artists including Mondrian, Brancusi, Jasper Johns, and Duchamp.
Categorized against his will as a Minimalist or Abstract Expressionist, Flavin is best known for his unembellished, rationalistic displays of light-tubes, often shown in gigantic installations that sought to invigorate dead spaces or voids by painting them with the medium of light. Even before his death in 1996, he was recognized as one of the frontrunners of a wave that revolutionized American sculpture, as well as for being the first to use electric light in gallery-exhibited art, a practice widely emulated since.
Proceeds from the sale of this work will benefit the Guggenheim Museum.
Description
Mezzotint in two colors (one on each side), printed on both sides of handmade paper.Authentication
Signed, dated "1992," and numbered by the artist.Dimensions
Printed on both sides of paper: each circle has a 13.5" diameter.Shipping
Ships in 10–14 business days.Additional Information
Published by the Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY.Please note that this work is a single double-sided print with one colored circle printed on one side and a different colored circle printed on the other. This image shows the front and back sides of the print.
Edges are intentionally hand-torn by the artist.