"Burning, Bright: A Short History of the Light Bulb" Exhibition
The Pace Gallery (545 W 22nd St)
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A group exhibition that takes as its focal point the incandescent light bulb, a utilitarian, everyday object that has been an enduring subject and material for artists in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The incandescent bulb provided an alternative light source for artists and replaced traditional sources of illumination, such as the Vanitas candle and beams from heaven, as a modern icon in art.
[Image: Robert Morris "Metered Bulb" (1962-1963) pull chain, and electricity meter mounted on painted wood 17.7 x 8 x 8.25 in. Collection of Jasper Johns. Photo by Dorothy Zeidman.]
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Schedule
from October 28, 2011 to November 26, 2011
Opening Reception on 2011-10-27 from 18:00 to 20:00
Artist(s)
Ugo Rondinone, Arman. Joseph Beuys, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Ilya & Emilia Kabakov, Jasper Johns, Lee Ufan, Zhang Xiaogang, Alexander Calder, Brian Clarke, Robert Morris, Robert Rauschenberg, Jeanne Silverthorne, Pier Paolo Calzolari, Tim Noble & Sue Webster, Loris Gréaud, Keith Sonnier, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Robert Whitman, Oldenburg/van Bruggen