We were expecting a retrospective of a chap experimenting with light. We were looking forward to entering rooms flooded with light, and cascades of inter weaving colour.
Unfortunately all we saw was a bloke using flourescent tubes.
Instead of colourscapes, it was like walking round the lighting department of B&Q! A shame really.
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Dan Flavin at The Hayward Gallery, South Bank.
Author: Dan on Tuesday, February 07 2006 @ 09:15 AM GMT
Ah � but I think that�s the point! There�s a really interesting debate going on in the curatorial world right now.
Flavin used coloured fluorescent tubes because they were cheap, commercial and readily available � they were supposed to be mass-produced. However � it now costs something like �3000 per tube to have replacements made as nobody makes them as standard any more!
So
Is having tubes specially made against the artists wishes?
Should they be replaced at all in fact - did Flavin intend the culptures to end up dark?
If you�ve replaced all the tubes, is that an original Flavin sculpture any more?
Ah � but I think that�s the point! There�s a really interesting debate going on in the curatorial world right now.
Flavin used coloured fluorescent tubes because they were cheap, commercial and readily available � they were supposed to be mass-produced. However � it now costs something like �3000 per tube to have replacements made as nobody makes them as standard any more!
So
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Dan
RAG founder/ artist/ alchemist