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European Couples, and Others featured a series of fluorescent light sculptures from Dia's permanent collection by Dan Flavin. The core of the exhibition were corner pieces, which had not been previously exhibited. These eight works were executed between 1966-71, and consist of multiple colors including pink, yellow, and blue as well as daylight, cool, and warm shades of white.
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| Checklist of Works |
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1. untitled (to a man, George McGovern), 1972
fluorescent light fixtures with cool white tubes, overall 120 x 120", edition: 2/3
2. untitled (to the real Dan Hill) 1b, 1978
fluorescent light fixtures with pink, blue, green and yellow tubes, 96" high, edition: 1/5
3. "monument" for V. Tatlin, 1964
fluorescent light fixtures with cool white tubes, 96" high, edition: 4/5
4. "monument" for V. Tatlin, 1968
fluorescent light fixtures with cool white tubes, 96" high, edition: 4/5
5. "monument" for V. Tatlin, 1966
fluorescent light fixtures with cool white tubes, 144" high, edition: 2/5
6. "monument" for V. Tatlin, 1968
fluorescent light fixtures with cool white tubes, 32 x 168", edition: 4/5
7. European Couples
Eight selections from the series of nine:
untitled (to Barbara and Joost), 1966-71
fluorescent light fixtures with daylight tubes, 96 x 96", edition: 1/5
untitled (to Christina and Bruno), 1966-71
fluorescent light fixtures with yellow tubes, 96 x 96", edition: 1/5
untitled (to Heidi and Uwe), 1966-71
fluorescent light fixtures with cool white tubes, 96 x 96", edition: 1/5
untitled (to Janet and Allen), 1966-71
fluorescent light fixtures with pink tubes, 96 x 96", edition: 1/5
untitled (to Karin and Walther), 1966-71
fluorescent light fixtures with blue tubes, 96 x 96", edition: 3/5
untitled (to Katharina and Christoph), 1966-71
fluorescent light fixtures with green tubes, 96 x 96", edition: 1/5
untitled (to Pia and Franz), 1966-71
fluorescent light fixtures with warm white tubes, 96 x 96", edition: 1/5
untitled (to Sabine and Holger), 1966-71
fluorescent light fixtures with red tubes, 96 x 96", edition: 3/5
untitled (to Thordis and Heiner), 1966-71
fluorescent light fixtures with soft white tubes,
96 x 96", edition: 1/5
8. monument 4 those who have been killed in
ambush (to P.K. who reminded me about death), 1966
fluorescent light fixtures with four red tubes, each tube 96", edition: 2/3
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| Selected Bibliography |
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Flavin, Dan. "'...in daylight or cool white': an autobiographical
sketch," Artforum 4, no. 4 (December 1965), pp. 21-24.
corners, barriers and corridors in fluorescent light from Dan
Flavin. Saint Louis: The Saint Louis Art Museum, 1973. Texts
by Dan Flavin and Emily S. Rauh.
Dan Flavin. Installationen in fluoreszierendem Licht 1989-1993.
Frankfurt am Main: Städtische Galerie im Städel, 1993. Texts by Beatrice von Bismarck, Dan Flavin,
and Klaus Gallwitz.
Dan Flavin. Munich: Kunstbau Lenbachhaus, 1994. Texts by
Dan Flavin, Helmut Friedel, Uwe Kiessler, Christian Ude, and Ulrich
Wilmes.
Dan Flavin: drawings, diagrams and prints 1972-1975, and installations
in fluorescent light 1972-1975. Fort Worth: The Fort Worth
Art Museum, 1976. Texts by Jay Belloli, Dan Flavin, and Emily
S. Rauh.
Dan Flavin: fluorescent light etc. Ottawa: National Gallery
of Canada for the Queen's Printer, 1969. Texts by Mel Bochner,
Dan Flavin, Donald Judd, and Brydon Smith.
Dan Flavin: three installations in flourescent light. Cologne:
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum and the Kunsthalle Köln, 1973-74.
Texts by Dan Flavin and Manfred Schneckenburger.
"monuments" for V. Tatlin from Dan Flavin, 1964-1982.
Chicago: Donald Young Gallery for The Museum of Contemporary Art,
Los Angeles, in collaboration with Leo Castelli Gallery, New York,
1989. Text by Dan Flavin.
Zeichnungen, Diagramme, Druckgraphik 1972-1975 und zwei Installationen
in fluoreszierendem Licht von Dan Flavin; Fünf Installationen
in fluoreszierendem Licht von Dan Flavin. Basel: Kunstmuseum
Basel and Kunsthalle Basel, 1975. Texts by Carlo Huber, Donald
Judd, and Franz Meyer.
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| Biography |
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Dan Flavin was born in 1933 in New York City, where he later studied
art history at the New School for Social Research. From 1963, he exhibited
nationally and internationally. In 1983 Dia Center
for the Arts opened the Dan Flavin Art Institute in Bridgehampton,
New York, a permanent exhibition of his works, designed by the
artist in a converted firehouse. It is maintained by Dia and
open to the public each summer. In 1992 Flavin created a monumental
installation for the reopening of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum,
New York. Flavin died on November 29, 1996.
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| Funding |
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Support for this exhbition has been provided by the members of the Dia Art Council, the major annual support group of Dia Center for the Arts, and the Dia Art Circle. In-kind assistance has been generously provided by Philips Lighting Company.
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