Category: Lumonics

12 Men (1974) by Mel Tanner

12 Men (1974) by Mel TannerWhole & Its Parts One of our first restoration projects after Dorothy Tanner passed in 2020 was the 12 Men by Mel Tanner. Some of them needed some repair, and we converted them all to LED from incandescent. They are now in the performance space ( we only have room …

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Mel Tanner Series of Star Maps

Mel Tanner created what became a series of wall pieces that could be thought of as star maps or constellations. Like so many of Mel’s wall sculptures, the art works looked flat from a distance but as you got closer, there was so much depth. Here are photos of 4 of these Star Maps, created …

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Light and Space Art Movement

Information courtesy of The Art Story websiteI selected examples of several of the artists’ works identified with the Movement Ethereal and atmospheric, yet often equally geometric and analytic, the experiences of the Light and Space Movement present a striking paradox to the viewer, one that requires active, and often multi-sensory, participation. There is no single defining aesthetic …

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Light Artist Olafur Eliasson, born Aug 23, 1967

  The works of artist Olafur Eliasson explore the relevance of art in the world at large. Born in 1967, Eliasson grew up in Iceland and Denmark, where he studied from 1989 to 1995 at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. In 1995, he moved to Berlin and founded Studio Olafur Eliasson, which today …

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