{"id":53,"name":"","email":"ensembles@muhka.be","language_id":1,"permalink":"dan-flavin","deleted":false,"legal_status_id":12,"url_1":"http://www.davidzwirner.com/danflavin/","twitter":null,"category_id":47,"date_of_birth":"1933-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00","place_of_birth":"New York","country_of_birth":"United States","place_of_residence":"","country_of_residence":"","cached_privileges_list":"User","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"can_log_in":false,"firstname":"Dan","lastname":"Flavin","annotation":"\u003cp\u003eTogether with his contemporaries Carl Andre and Donald Judd, Dan Flavin doubtlessly makes up the holy trinity of American minimal art. Flavin\u0026rsquo;s iconic works are made from commercially available fluorescent light fixtures, and reference both American pop art, the Duchampian readymade and Russian constructivism\u0026rsquo;s utopian insistence on the dissolution of art into life; bathing the museum spaces into an unnatural glow of artificial light.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","url_2":"","url_3":"","cached_name":"Dan Flavin","date_of_death":"1996-01-01T00:00:00.000+01:00","cached_name_asc":"Flavin, Dan","stream_count_app":37,"gender":"other","platform_admin":null,"description_ca":null,"short_description_ca":null,"description_it":null,"short_description_it":null,"hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/017/694/large/flavin-portrait.jpg?1370423442","poster_credits":null,"media_count":2,"items_count":2,"translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.davidzwirner.com/danflavin/\"\u003eDan Flavin\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;is a fundamental figure of Minimal Art, famous for constellations of standard-issue neon lamps, usually Untitled (but dedicated in brackets to artists, critics or friends). Opulent and deliberately transitory, his light pieces are now expensive commodities whose owners struggle to prolong the lifespan of obsolete strips or bulbs. Flavin said: \u0026lsquo;These \u0026ldquo;monuments\u0026rdquo; only survive as long as the light system is useful, 2100 hours.\u0026rsquo; The exhibited corner piece subtly subverts our understanding of light, space and how they affect each other, making a \u0026lsquo;new space\u0026rsquo; emerge and emphasising how a predictable method can yield unpredictable results.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.davidzwirner.com/danflavin/\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDan Flavin\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u0026nbsp;is een fundamentele figuur in de Minimal Art, en is beroemd dankzij zijn constellaties van neonlampen, meestal Untitled, maar tussen haakjes opgedragen aan kunstenaars, critici of vrienden. Zijn lichtwerken, opulent en opzettelijk vluchtig, zijn nu dure handelswaren, waarbij de eigenaars zich uitsloven om de levensduur van verouderde led-strookjes of gloeilampen te verlengen. Flavin zegt daarover zelf: \u0026ldquo;Deze \u0026lsquo;monumenten\u0026rsquo; overleven slechts zolang het lichtsysteem werkt \u0026ndash; 2100 uur.\u0026rdquo; Het tentoongestelde werk in de hoek ondermijnt op subtiele wijze ons begrip van licht en ruimte en hoe ze elkaar be\u0026iuml;nvloeden, waardoor het een \u0026lsquo;nieuwe ruimte\u0026rsquo; doet ontstaan, en benadrukt hoe een voorspelbare methode onvoorspelbare resultaten kan opleveren.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.davidzwirner.com/danflavin/\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDan Flavin\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u0026nbsp;(1933\u0026ndash;1996, \u0026Eacute;tats-Unis) est une figure fondamentale de l\u0026rsquo;art minimal, dont on conna\u0026icirc;t surtout les constellations de tubes de n\u0026eacute;on standard, g\u0026eacute;n\u0026eacute;ralement intitul\u0026eacute;es Sans Titre (mais d\u0026eacute;dicac\u0026eacute;es entre parenth\u0026egrave;ses \u0026agrave; des artistes, des critiques ou des amis). Fastueuses et volontairement provisoires, ses pi\u0026egrave;ces de lumi\u0026egrave;re sont aujourd\u0026rsquo;hui des produits on\u0026eacute;reux dont les propri\u0026eacute;taires s\u0026rsquo;efforcent de prolonger la dur\u0026eacute;e de vie \u0026ndash; les tubes et ampoules \u0026eacute;tant \u0026agrave; pr\u0026eacute;sent obsol\u0026egrave;tes. Flavin : \u0026laquo; Ces \u0026ldquo;monuments\u0026rdquo; ne survivront qu\u0026rsquo;aussi longtemps que le syst\u0026egrave;me d\u0026rsquo;\u0026eacute;clairage fonctionne, soit 2 100 heures. \u0026raquo; Ses pi\u0026egrave;ces de coin sapent subtilement notre conception de la lumi\u0026egrave;re, de l\u0026rsquo;espace et de la mani\u0026egrave;re dont elles interagissent, faisant \u0026eacute;merger un \u0026laquo; nouvel espace \u0026raquo; et accentuant la fa\u0026ccedil;on dont une m\u0026eacute;thode pr\u0026eacute;visible peut produire des r\u0026eacute;sultats impr\u0026eacute;visibles.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDan Flavin \u003c/strong\u003eist eine fundamentale Figur in dem Minimalismus und ist ber\u0026uuml;hmt dank seiner Konstellationen von Neonlampen, meistens Untitled (dt. ohne Titel), aber nebenbei den K\u0026uuml;nstlern, Kritikern oder Freunden dargeboten. Seine Lichtwerke, opulent und absichtlich fl\u0026uuml;chtig, sind jetzt teuere Handelswaren, wobei die Eigent\u0026uuml;mer sich abm\u0026uuml;hen um die Lebensdauer von veralteten LED-Streifen oder Gl\u0026uuml;hlampen zu verl\u0026auml;ngern. Flavin sagt selber dar\u0026uuml;ber: \u0026ldquo;Diese \u0026lsquo;Denkm\u0026auml;ler\u0026rsquo; \u0026uuml;berleben nur solange, wie das Lichtsystem funktioniert \u0026ndash; 2100 Stunden.\u0026rdquo; Das ausgestellte Werk in der Ecke untergr\u0026auml;bt auf subtile Art unser Verst\u0026auml;ndnis von Licht und Raum und wie sie einander beeinfl\u0026uuml;ssen, wodurch es einen \u0026lsquo;neuen Raum\u0026rsquo; entstehen l\u0026auml;sst, und betont wie eine vorhersagbare Methode zu unvorhersagbaren Ergebnissen f\u0026uuml;hren kann.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"locations":[{"country":"","place":"New York","category":{"en":"Born in","nl":"Geboren in","fr":"Né à"}},{"country":"","place":"New York","category":{"en":"Died in","nl":"Overleden in","fr":"Décédé en"}},{"country":"RU","place":"Moscow","category":{"en":"Based in","nl":null,"fr":null}},{"country":"RU","place":"Moscow","category":{"en":"Born in","nl":null,"fr":null}}]}