Dan Flavin was an American minimalist artist known for his sculptural works created using commercially available fluorescent light fixtures. One of his notable pieces, "Monuments" and "Untitled" is on display at the Tate Modern in London. Due to his simplified use of visual elements and industrial materials like fluorescent lights, Flavin's work was similar to that of his contemporary Donald Judd.

1. Dan Flavin

2. • Dan Flavin was an American minimalist famous for
creating sculptural objects and installations from
commercially available fluorescent light fixtures.
• His work “monuments” and “untitled” is currently on
display at The Tate modern in London.
• Due to his reproduction of formal devices he was
related to the works of contemporary artist Donald
Judd, with their simplified visual vocabulary

3. “Monuments”: various.
The first of the thirty – nine “Monuments” to the Russian artist Vladimir Tatlin
(1885-1953) that Flavin created between 1964 and 1990. At this time, fluorescent
tube lighting was widely used in the world for the reason that they were more
efficient, lighter and cost effective because of this companies were using
fluoresce lights for advertising all around the world including the military. Was
sold in 2004 for $735,500 at Christie’s in New York.

4. “Untitled”
Dan Flavin’s untitled (to Don Judd, colorist), 1-5, 1987. Pink Red yellow Blue and Green
Fluorescent light.
Colour Chart looks at the shifting moment in twentieth century art when a group of artists
began to perceive colour as ready made rather than as scientific and expressive. Coloured
lighting at this time was pre made and no longer seen as science due to the wide availability
of many colours.

5. Likes:
• how his work is presented.
• How it reflects the culture of the time (60’s)
• Use of colour and material.
Dislikes:
Can be seen as repetitive.

6. • Flavin’s work reflects the ideas of the time, his
works were meant to uplift the spirits of
people post war.
• Possible that he romanticized the 50’s&60’s so
much so that he wanted to create these
fluorescent pieces out of nostalgia.
• Using fluorescents suited the times very well
as they were cheap to make and maintain.

7. • Monument for V. Tatlin consists of different
sized symmetrical white vertical fluorescent
tube lights that are representative/silhouettes
of iconic landmarks including The Empire State
Building & The Chrysler Building.