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Dan Flavin (April 1, 1933, Jamaica, New York – November 29, 1996, Riverhead, New York) was an American minimalist artist famous for creating sculptural objects and installations from commercially available fluorescent light fixtures. ==Early life and career== Daniel Nicholas Flavin Jr. was born in New York of Irish Catholic descent and sent to Catholic schools.〔Paul Levy (February 3, 2006), (A radiant Dan Flavin retrospective ) ''Wall Street Journal''.〕 He studied for the priesthood at the Immaculate Conception Preparatory Seminary in Brooklyn between 1947 and 1952 before leaving to join his fraternal twin brother, David John Flavin, and enlist United States Air Force.〔Paul Levy (February 3, 2006), (A radiant Dan Flavin retrospective ) ''Wall Street Journal''.〕 During military service in 1954–55, Flavin was trained as an air weather meteorological technician〔(Dan Flavin: A Retrospective, October 3, 2004–January 9, 2005 ) National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.〕 and studied art through the adult extension program of the University of Maryland in Korea.〔(Guggenheim Museum Bio )〕 Upon his return to New York in 1956, Flavin briefly attended the Hans Hofmann School of Fine Arts and studied art under Albert Urban. He later studied art history for a short time at the New School for Social Research, then moved on to Columbia University, where he studied painting and drawing.〔Daniel Marzona and Uta Grosenick. ''Minimal Art," Taschen, 2004, p14〕 From 1959, Flavin was shortly employed as a mailroom clerk at the Guggenheim Museum and later as guard and elevator operator at the Museum of Modern Art, where he met Sol LeWitt, Lucy Lippard, and Robert Ryman.〔http://www.davidzwirner.com/danflavin/〕 Two years later, he married his first wife Sonja Severdija, an art history student at New York University and assistant office manager at the Museum of Modern Art.〔(diacenter.org ) accessed August 25, 2007〕 Flavin's twin brother, David, died in 1962.〔Roberta Smith (December 4, 1996), (Dan Flavin, 63, Sculptor Of Fluorescent Light, Dies ) ''New York Times''.〕 Flavin married his second wife, the artist Tracy Harris, in a ceremony at the Guggenheim Museum, in 1992.〔''New York Times'', June 26, 1992. Abstract available at (nytimes.com )〕 Flavin died in Riverhead, New York of complications from diabetes.〔("New York Times", December 4, 1996 )〕 A memorial for him was held at the Dia Center for the Arts, on January 23, 1997. Speakers included Brydon Smith, curator of 20th-century art at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; Fariha Friedrich, a Dia trustee, and Michael Venezia, an artist.〔(Dan Flavin Memorial ) ''New York Times'', January 23, 1997.〕 The artist's estate is represented by David Zwirner, New York. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dan Flavin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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