Keith Sonnier Exhibition

Mary Boone Gallery (Chelsea)

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Mary Boone Gallery presents at its Chelsea location an exhibition of works from 1968 to 1970 by Keith Sonnier. This exhibition of early works includes examples from Sonnier’s seminal and internationally acclaimed Ba-O-Ba and Neon Wrapping Incandescent Series. These works were designed in Sonnier’s first New York studio to make use of the floor to wall relationship as well as utilize the reflective environment that working with neon and glass naturally creates. Sonnier’s early site specific Ba-O-Ba installations provided sets for performers and thus the first video work was conceived and recorded in the studio in Chinatown.

Sonnier investigated many types of glass shapes and surfaces as well as a variety of neon and argon colors and configurations. Eventually extruded materials were added and this early Ba-O-Ba Series became the foundation upon which Sonnier based many of his subsequent architectural and environmental installations.

The organic free form of the neon lines in the Neon Wrapping Incandescent Series relate very much to drawing and provide a perfect contrast to the strictly geometric shapes
of the Ba-O-Ba works. Sonnier’s focus here is on the experimentation between different light sources and levels, and the energetic quality of the electrical current running through the sculptures.

[Image: Keith Sonnier "Neon Wrapping Incandescent III" (1970) neon, incandescent bulbs, porcelain fixtures/transformer, 108 by 78 by 12 in.]

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Schedule

from January 05, 2013 to February 23, 2013

Artist(s)

Keith Sonnier

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