"Dan Flavin (April 1, 1933, Jamaica, New York – November 29, 1996, Riverhead, New York) was an American minimalist artist famous for creatingsculptural objects and installations from commercially available fluorescent light fixtures."
I was immediately drawn to the vibrance of this work when I saw it in Tate Modern. There was a Tate attendant giving a talk about the work and one thing he mentioned that I found particularly interesting was how he mentioned that one of the facets of the work was not the physical work itself, but how the lights affected shadows around the room - from objects and other people. It was a different way of looking at the work, taking into account the surroundings, not just the physical item.
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