"Dan Flavin: The Architecture of Light provides a wide-ranging view of Flavin's work and intellectual thought, bringing together contributions by Tiffany Bell, Frances Colpitt, Jonathan Crary, Michael Govan, Joseph Kosuth, Michael Newman, J. Fiona Ragheb, and Brydon E. Smith, with excerpted writings by the artist. This volume is richly illustrated with selections from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum's collection of Flavin's fluorescent constructions, as well as installation views from the Museum's long-standing history of exhibiting the artist's work."--BOOK JACKET.
1961 Johnston, Jill. "Reviews and Previews. New Names This Month: Dan Flavin." Art News 60, no. 3 (May), pp. 20-21. 1963 Fried. Michael. "New York Letter." Art International 7, no. 2 (February 25), pp. 60-64. Johnston, Jill.
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