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[[Image:KMM Flavin.JPG|right|thumb| Dan Flavin" Quietly, to the memory of Mia Visser, 1977]] |
[[Image:KMM Flavin.JPG|right|thumb| Dan Flavin" Quietly, to the memory of Mia Visser, 1977]] |
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[[Image:OlafurEliasson TheWeatherProject.jpg|right|thumb| Olafur Eliasson's "The Weather Project", 2003. The room's ceiling is a mirror; what appears to be a sphere is a reflected half sphere.]] |
[[Image:OlafurEliasson TheWeatherProject.jpg|right|thumb|upright| Olafur Eliasson's "The Weather Project", 2003. The room's ceiling is a mirror; what appears to be a sphere is a reflected half sphere.]] |
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'''Light sculpture''' is an [[intermedia]] and time based artform in which [[sculpture]] or any kind of art object produces [[light]], or the reverse (in the sense that light is manipulated in such a way as to create a sculptural as opposed to temporal form or mass). Most often light sculpture artists were primarily either [[Visual arts|visual artists]] or [[composer]]s, not having started out directly making light sculpture. |
'''Light sculpture''' is an [[intermedia]] and time based artform in which [[sculpture]] or any kind of art object produces [[light]], or the reverse (in the sense that light is manipulated in such a way as to create a sculptural as opposed to temporal form or mass). Most often light sculpture artists were primarily either [[Visual arts|visual artists]] or [[composer]]s, not having started out directly making light sculpture. |
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Light sculpture is sometimes [[site-specific art|site-specific]]. |
Light sculpture is sometimes [[site-specific art|site-specific]]. |
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==Artists== |
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Artists include: |
Artists include: |
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* [[James Turrell]] |
* [[James Turrell]] |
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* [[Ellis D Fogg]] |
* [[Ellis D Fogg]] |
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* [[Bruce Nauman]] |
* [[Bruce Nauman]], |
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* [[Keith Sonnier]] |
* [[Keith Sonnier]], |
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* [[Chryssa]], |
* [[Chryssa]], |
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* [[Bill Parker (artist/inventor) |
* [[Bill Parker (artist/inventor)]] |
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* Stephen Antonakos |
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The site of the first factory of the [[Philips]] corporation, in [[Eindhoven]], [[The Netherlands]], is now a museum devoted to light sculpture.<ref>[http://www.kunstlichtkunst.nl/ Centrum Kunstlicht in de Kunst web site].</ref> |
The site of the first factory of the [[Philips]] corporation, in [[Eindhoven]], [[The Netherlands]], is now a museum devoted to light sculpture.<ref>[http://www.kunstlichtkunst.nl/ Centrum Kunstlicht in de Kunst web site].</ref> |
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==Holiday lighting== |
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Simple light sculptures are used as [[Christmas decoration]]s and for other [[holiday]]s. Originally, these were large [[metalwork]] pieces made for public displays, such as for a [[municipal government]] to place on [[utility pole]]s, and [[shopping center]]s to place on [[lamppost]]s. Since the 1990s, these are made in small plastic home versions that can be hung in a [[window]], or on a [[door]] or [[wall]]. Attached to them are strings of [[Christmas lights]], typically the large C7 screw-in bulbs for outdoor types, and miniature lights for indoor ones. |
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Light sculptures can be either flat (most common) or three-dimensional. Most flat ones are bare frames, but [[garland]] can also be attached to outdoor ones, and indoor ones often have a multicolored backing plastic sheet, often [[holographic]]. 3D ones include [[deer]] or [[reindeer]] (even [[moose]]) in various positions, and with or without [[antler]]s, often with a [[motor]] to move the head up and down or side to side as if [[grazing]]. These and other 3D displays may be bare-frame, or be covered with garland, looped and woven transparent plastic cord or [[acrylic]], or natural or [[goldtone]]-painted [[vine]]s. [[Snowflake]]s are a popular design for municipal displays, so as not to be misconstrued as a [[government]] [[endorsement]] of [[religion]]. |
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Some places make huge displays of these during December, such as [[Callaway Gardens]], [[Life University]], and [[Lake Lanier Islands]] in the U.S. state of [[Georgia (US)|Georgia]]. In [[east Tennessee]], the cities of [[Chattanooga]], [[Sevierville]], [[Pigeon Forge]], and [[Gatlinburg]] have light sculptures up all [[winter]]. Gatlinburg also has custom ones for [[Valentine's Day]] and [[St. Patrick's Day]], while Pigeon Forge puts [[flower]]s on its tall lampposts for [[springtime]], and for winter has a [[steamboat]] and the famous picture of [[U.S. Marines]] ''[[Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima]]'', in addition to the city's Old Mill. |
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Some sculptures have [[microcontroller]]s that [[sequencer|sequence]] [[circuit]]s of lights, so that the object appears to be in motion. This is used for things such as snowflakes falling, [[Santa Claus]] waving, a [[dove]] flapping its [[wing]]s, or [[train]] wheels rolling. |
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==Notes and references== |
==Notes and references== |
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==External links== |
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* [http://www.paulfriedlander.com/ Website of Paul Friedlander] |
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[[Category:Types of sculpture]] |
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Revision as of 08:28, 26 February 2009
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Light sculpture is an intermedia and time based artform in which sculpture or any kind of art object produces light, or the reverse (in the sense that light is manipulated in such a way as to create a sculptural as opposed to temporal form or mass). Most often light sculpture artists were primarily either visual artists or composers, not having started out directly making light sculpture.
Light sculpture is sometimes site-specific.
Artists
Artists include:
- Dan Flavin who first conceived of using electric light as an art form in 1961,[1]
- Olafur Eliasson
- James Turrell
- Ellis D Fogg
- Bruce Nauman,
- Keith Sonnier,
- Chryssa,
- Bill Parker (artist/inventor)
The site of the first factory of the Philips corporation, in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, is now a museum devoted to light sculpture.[2]
Notes and references
- ^ Daniel Marzona and Uta Grosenick, Minimal Art, Taschen, 2004, p50
- ^ Centrum Kunstlicht in de Kunst web site.
Further reading
- Jansen, J. (1991), 'Het Electrisch': van lamplicht tot lichtsculptuur, Museum het Princessehof, ISBN 9789071588105.
- Tahara, Keiichi (2001), Light, Sculpture, Photography, Editions Assouline, ISBN 9782843232626.
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