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Using Light

9/2/2018

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The use of light is important to art, an understatement. Light and dark gives contrast, sets the mood, emphasizes or understates a subject, whether in sculpture, paintings, photography, prints, etchings...

Then there are some artists who use light itself to create art. Enter Dan Flavin, an American artist (1933-1996) who used florescent light tubes to create his icons of minimalism.  Because lights burn out, he included instructions to galleries on how to replace a bulb. (It was harder than you might think.)  Learn more about Flavin. 
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Our own Deshia Williams not only uses light but sound which changes the light patterns and colors in her exhibit: Human at Art Works. Come experience this at the gallery through September 20, 2018 (Tuesday-Sunday 12 p.m. - 6 p.m.) Free and open to the public. 

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