Dan Flavin: Corners, Barriers and Corridors

Published on the occasion of the eponymous exhibition at David Zwirner in 2015, Corners, Barriers and Corridors takes as its point of departure Dan Flavin's (1993- 1996) influential corners, barriers and corridors in fluorescent light from Dan Flavin show, presented at the Saint Louis Art Museum in 1973. Among the most popular gallery exhibitions in 2015, the exhibition captivated thousands of viewers on a weekly basis with its vivid explorations of light in the space, and the richness and interplay of colors. The book brings questions of architecture to the fore, exploring how this particular body of light works function in space, occupying key positions in rooms that highlight how the rooms themselves are constructed. The exhibition is not only historically significant, as it mines early explorations in Flavin's practice, but many of the works are here reproduced for the first time in plates that accurately capture their colors.