Bibliography

 

Artist’s Writings and Interviews

 

1963

“Editor’s Letters.” Art News 62, no. 2 (April), p. 6.

 

1965

“The Artists Say.” Art Voices 4, no. 3 (Summer), p. 72.

 

“‘. . . in daylight or cool white.’ an autobiographical sketch.” Artforum 4, no. 4 (December), pp. 20–24. Revised version (and artist’s preferred version) appears in fluorescent light, etc. from Dan Flavin/lumière fluorescente, etc. par Dan Flavin, exh. cat. (Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada; Vancouver: Vancouver Art Gallery, 1969).

 

U.S. Congress. House. “Hearings Before the Subcommittee on National Parks and Recreation of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.” Hudson Highlands National Scenic Riverway, serial no. 14 (July 24 and 25), pp. 312–13. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.

 

1966

“Flavin Speech.” Blockprint (Providence, Rhode Island), March 21, unpaginated.

 

“some remarks . . . excerpts from a spleenish journal.” Artforum 5, no. 4 (December), pp. 27–29. Reprinted in: Dan Flavin: three installations in fluorescent light/Drei Installationen in fluoreszierendem Licht (Cologne: Kunsthalle Köln, 1973), pp. 88–89.

 

1967

Statement. Dan Flavin: alternating pink and “gold,” exh. cat. (Chicago: Museum of Contemporary Art), unpaginated.

 

“Letters.” Arts Magazine 41, no. 4 (February), p. 8. Reply by Corinne Robins.

 

“some other comments . . . more pages from a spleenish journal.” Artforum 6, no. 4 (December), pp. 20–25.

 

1968

“Editor’s Letters.” Art News 67, no. 4 (Summer), p. 8. Reply by Gordon N. Ray, President, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.

 

“Letters.” Artforum 6, no. 6 (February), p. 4. Reply by Philip Leider.

 

“Letters.” Artforum 6, no. 8 (April), p. 4. Reply by  Philip Leider.

 

“Letters.” Artforum 7, no. 2 (October), p. 4.

 

“. . . on an American artist’s education . . .” Artforum 6, no. 7 (March), pp. 28–32.

 

“Several Quotations for Don Judd.” In Donald Judd, exh. cat. (New York: Whitney Museum of American Art), pp. 6–7.

 

1969

“commentation—more or less.” Bijutso Techo (Tokyo) (May).

 

“Dan Flavin.” Art Now: New York 1, no. 3 (March), unpaginated.

 

Flavin, Dan, and Brydon Smith. “fluorescent light, etc. from Dan Flavin: a supplement. Artscanada, nos. 136–37 (October), pp. 14–19.

 

“Several more remarks . . .” Studio International 177, no. 910 (April), pp. 173–75.

 

1970

“Reference Quotes.” Conceptual Art and Conceptual Aspects (New York: New York Cultural Center).

 

“untitled (to dear durable Sol from Stephen, Sonja and Dan).” In Sol LeWitt, exh. cat. (The Hague: Haags Gemeentemuseum), ill. p. 23. Drawing reproduced as Flavin’s contribution to the section of the catalogue in which artists paid tribute to LeWitt.

 

1971

“Correspondence: The Guggenheim Affair.” Studio International 182, no. 935 (July–August), p. 6.

 

“Letters.” Artforum 10, no. 2 (October), p. 9.

Siegel, Jeanne (with comments by Dan Flavin). “Around Barnett Newman.” Art News 70, no. 6 (October), pp. 42–47, 59–62, 65–66.

 

1972

“Postscript to ‘Notes on an Exposition of Cornered Installations in Fluorescent Light by Dan Flavin Set to Celebrate Ten Years of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery.’” Studio International 184, no. 950 (December), p. 232.

 

1973

“A Collective Portrait of Marcel Duchamp.” In Marcel Duchamp, exh. cat., eds. Anne d’Harnoncourt and Kynaston McShine (New York: Museum of Modern Art), p. 199.

 

“Dan Flavin über Kunst.” In Dan Flavin: three installations in fluorescent light/Drei Installationen in fluoreszierendem Licht, exh. cat. (Cologne: Kunsthalle Köln), pp. 81–116.

 

“Letters.” Arts Magazine 47, no. 7 (May–June), p. 24.

 

Statement. In drawings and diagrams from Dan Flavin 1963–1972, exh. cat. (St. Louis, Missouri: St. Louis Art Museum), p. 4.

 

1974

“Letters.” Artforum 13, no. 1 (September), pp. 8–9. Reply by Lawrence Alloway.

Statement. Multiples Newsletter (Multiples, Inc., New York) (May).

 

1975

“Address Delivered by Dan Flavin at the National Gallery of Canada for Donald Judd’s Retrospective.” Studio International 190, no. 977 (September–October), p. 156.

 

“Letter from Dan Flavin.” In Donald Judd, exh. cat. (Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada), pp. 1–2.

 

1976

Excerpts from an interview (August 17, 1976). In Dan Flavin: installations in fluorescent light, Part 2, exh. cat. (Edinburgh: Scottish Arts Council), pp. 8–9.

 

1977

“Statements by the Artist on His Graphic Art.” In Dan Flavin: drawings, diagrams and prints, 1972–1975. Dan Flavin: installations in fluorescent light, 1972–1975, exh. cat. (Fort Worth, Texas: Fort Worth Art Museum), p. 6.

 

1979

Statement. In . . . drawn along the shores, 1959–1976 by Dan Flavin, exh. cat. (Yonkers, New York: Hudson River Museum), unpaginated.

 

1983

“Letters to the Long Island Editor.” New York Times, July 24, Long Island Weekly sec., p. 21.

 

1984

“Letters to the Editor: Mess of a Speech.” Southampton Press, September 6, p. 11.

 

“Letters to the Editor: Sad to Read Wolfe.” Southampton Press, October 4, pp. 11–12.

 

“Letters to the Editor: Unfair Story on Wolfe.” Southampton Press, September 13, p. 11.

 

1988

“Letters.” Art in America 76, no. 9 (September), p. 21.

 

1989

“Some Artist’s Remarks …” In “monuments” for V. Tatlin from Dan Flavin, 1964–1982, exh. cat. (Chicago: Donald Young Gallery, for the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, in collaboration with Leo Castelli Gallery, New York), unpaginated.

 

Statement, and text titled “some more information … (to Sabine).” In Neue Anwendungen fluoreszierenden Lichts mit Diagrammen, Zeichnungen und Drucken von Dan Flavin/new uses for fluorescent light with diagrams, drawings and prints from Dan Flavin, exh. cat. (Stuttgart: Edition Cantz), pp. 7, 45–49.

 

1992

“Letters.” New York Times, March 22, sec. 2, p. 4. Reply by Paul Taylor.

 

1993

Statement. In Dan Flavin: Installationen in fluoreszierendem Licht 1989–93, exh. cat. (Frankfurt am Main: Städtische Galerie im Städel), pp. 28–29.

 

Statement. In Dan Flavin: tall cornered fluorescent light, exh. cat. (New York: PaceWildenstein), unpaginated.

 

1999

Excerpt from a letter to Helen Harrison (July 30, 1991). In Dan Flavin: The Architecture of Light, exh. cat. (New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum), p. 82.

 

2000

Bell, Tiffany. “Interview with Dan Flavin.” Chinati Foundation Newsletter 5 (September), pp. 26–35.

 

Flavin, Dan, Donald Judd, and Barnett Newman. “Reflections of a Friendship: Notes and Essays by Dan Flavin, Donald Judd, and Barnett Newman on Dan Flavin, Donald Judd, and Barnett Newman, Chronologically from 1962 to 1975.” Chinati Foundation Newsletter 5 (September), pp. 10–25.

 

Solo Exhibition Catalogues and Monographs

 

1966

Dan Flavin. Cologne: Galerie Rudolf Zwirner. Brochure.

 

1967

Dan Flavin: alternating pink and “gold.” Chicago: Museum of Contemporary Art. Foreword by Jan van der Marck, selection of quotes compiled by Dan Graham.

 

1968

Dan Flavin: an exposition of fluorescent light. University Park, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University, College of Arts and Architecture. Text by Ira Licht. Brochure.

 

Dan Flavin: lampade fluorescente gialle. Turin: Galleria Sperone. Brochure.

 

1969

fluorescent light, etc. from Dan Flavin/lumière fluorescente, etc. par Dan Flavin. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada; Vancouver: Vancouver Art Gallery. Texts by Brydon Smith, Mel Bochner, and Donald Judd. The supplemental brochure fluorescent light, etc. from Dan Flavin: a supplement, with texts by Brydon Smith and Dan Flavin, was published in 1969 by the National Gallery of Canada and also appeared in its entirety in Artscanada, nos. 136–37 (October), pp. 14–19.

 

1970

Flavin, Dan, and Donald Judd. Dan Flavin. Paris: Galerie Ileana Sonnabend. This publication was not recognized by the artist.

 

1973

Dan Flavin: three installations in fluorescent light/Drei Installationen in fluoreszierendem Licht. Cologne: Kunsthalle Köln. Text by Manfred Schneckenburger. The supplemental brochure Dan Flavin: Drei Installationen in fluoreszierendem Licht, with texts by Evelyn Weiss and Dieter Ronte, was published in 1973 to document the works in the exhibition.

drawings and diagrams from Dan Flavin 1963–1972. St. Louis, Missouri: St. Louis Art Museum. Text by Emily Rauh. A second volume was also published in 1973, titled corners, barriers and corridors in fluorescent light from Dan Flavin. St. Louis, Missouri: St. Louis Art Museum. Text by Emily Rauh.

 

1975

Huber, Carlo. fünf Installationen in fluoreszierendem Licht von Dan Flavin. Zeichnungen, Diagramme, Druckgrafik 1972 bis 1975 und zwei Installationen in fluoreszierendem Licht von Dan Flavin. Basel: Kunsthalle Basel and Kunstmuseum Basel.

 

1976

Dan Flavin. Los Angeles: Otis Art Institute Gallery. Brochure.

 

Dan Flavin: installations in fluorescent light, Part 1. Edinburgh: Scottish Arts Council.

 

Dan Flavin: installations in fluorescent light, Part 2. Edinburgh: Scottish Arts Council.

 

1977

Dan Flavin: drawings, diagrams and prints, 1972–1975. Dan Flavin: installations in fluorescent light, 1972–1975. Fort Worth, Texas: Fort Worth Art Museum. Texts by Franz Meyer, Emily Rauh, and Jay Belloli.

 

1978

. . . drawn along the shores, 1959–1976 by Dan Flavin. Southampton, New York: Parrish Art Museum.

 

Flavin. Berkeley, California: University Art Museum.

 

1979

. . . drawn along the shores, 1959–1976 by Dan Flavin. Yonkers, New York: Hudson River Museum.

 

1985

Dan Flavin: “monuments” for V. Tatlin, 1964–1982. Otterlo, Netherlands: Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller. Brochure.

 

1986

Nisbet, Peter. New Works: Dan Flavin. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University. Brochure.

 

1989

“monuments” for V. Tatlin from Dan Flavin, 1964–1982. Chicago: Donald Young Gallery, for the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, in collaboration with Leo Castelli Gallery, New York.

 

Neue Anwendungen fluoreszierenden Lichts mit Diagrammen, Zeichnungen und Drucken von Dan Flavin/new uses for fluorescent light with diagrams, drawings and prints from Dan Flavin. Stuttgart: Edition Cantz. Texts by Jochen Poetter, Madeleine and Deschamps.

 

1990

Dan Flavin: untitled (for Lucie Rie, master potter) 1990 themes and variations. London: Waddington Galleries.

 

Dan Flavin: untitled (for Otto Freundlich) 1990 themes and variations. Zurich: Annemarie Verna Galerie.

 

1991

Dan Flavin: Selected Works. Santa Monica, California: Daniel Weinberg Gallery. Brochure.

 

1993

Dan Flavin: Installationen in fluoreszierendem Licht 1989–93. Frankfurt am Main: Städtische Galerie im Städel. Texts by Klaus Gallwitz and Beatrice von Bismarck.

 

Dan Flavin: tall cornered fluorescent light. New York: PaceWildenstein.

 

1994

Helmut Friedel, ed. Dan Flavin: Kunstbau Lenbachhaus München. Munich: Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus.

 

1995

Dan Flavin in De Zonnehof. Amersfoort, Netherlands: De Zonnehof. Introduction by Paul Coumans, discussion between Carel Blotkamp and Peter Struycken.

 

Govan, Michael. Dan Flavin: European Couples, and Others. New York: Dia Center for the Arts. Brochure.

 

1996

Bell, Tiffany. Dan Flavin. New York: Dia Center for the Arts. Brochure.

 

Keiser, Alexandra. “Dan Flavin: Arbeiten aus fluoreszierendem Licht.” Master’s thesis. Trier, Germany: Universität Trier.

 

Loock, Ulrich, and Bernhard Schuppli. Dan Flavin. Bern: Schweizerische Bankgesellschaft, [c. 1996].

 

1997

Celant, Germano, ed. Cattedrali d’Arte: Dan Flavin per Santa Maria in Chiesa Rossa. Milan: Fondazione Prada. The supplemental brochure Dan Flavin, with text by Michael Govan, was published in 1997.

 

Dan Flavin: “monuments” for V. Tatlin. New York: Danese.

 

Govan, Michael. Dan Flavin: 1962/63, 1970, 1996. New York: Dia Center for the Arts. Brochure.

 

1998

Dan Flavin. Rio de Janeiro: Centro Cultural Light. Texts by Marc Pottier and Chrissie Iles.

 

Dan Flavin. Buenos Aires: Proa Fundación. Texts by Michael Govan and Julio Sánchez.

 

Dan Flavin. Oldenburg, Germany: Oldenburger Kunstverein. Text by Rudolf Schmitz. Brochure.

 

1999

Dan Flavin: The Architecture of Light. New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Texts by J. Fiona Ragheb, Joseph Kosuth, Frances Colpitt, Michael Govan, Brydon E. Smith, Jonathan Crary, Tiffany Bell, and Michael Newman.

 

Löbke, Matthia. “Untitled (to Dan Flavin): Untersuchungen zum Werk in fluoreszierendem Licht von Dan Flavin.” Ph.D. dissertation. Münster, Germany: Westfälischen Wilhelms Universität.

 

2001

Dan Flavin. London: Serpentine Gallery. Text by Michael Govan.

 

2002

Light in Architecture and Art: The Art of Dan Flavin. Marfa, Texas: Chinati Foundation, 2002. Texts by Kurt W. Forster, Robert Rosenblum, Michael Govan, Brydon Smith, Michael Venezia, Tiffany Bell, Steve Morse, Dave Hickey, and Marianne Stockebrand.   

 

2004

Bell, Tiffany and Govan, Michael. Dan Flavin: The Complete Lights, 1961-1996. New York and Washington, D.C.:  Dia Art Foundation and National Gallery of Art in association with Yale University Press, New London.

 

Bell, Tiffany and Govan, Michael. Dan Flavin: A Retrospective.  New York and Washington, D.C.: Dia Art Foundation and National Gallery of Art in association with Yale University Press, New London.

 

Feldman, Paula and Schubert, Karsten, eds. it is what it is: writings on Dan Flavin since 1964. London: Thames and Hudson.

 

Texts by Giuseppe Panza di Biumo, Anglea Vettese, Roberta Riccioni, Lucia Borromeo Dina, and Laura Marrioli Rossi. Dan Flavin: Stanze di luce tra Varese e New York. Milan: FAI, Fondo per l’Ambiente Italiano and Skira.

 

2006

Weiss, Jeffrey, ed.; texts by Briony Fer, Hal Foster, Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe, Alex Potts, Anne M. Wagner, and Jeffrey Weiss.

 

Dan Flavin: New Light. New Haven and London: Yale University Press; Washington: National Gallery of Art.

 

2008

Dan Flavin: the 1964 Green Gallery exhibition. Göttingen and New York: Steidl/Zwirner & Wirth. Text by Jeffrey Weiss.

 

Waschek, Matthias. Dan Flavin Constructed Light. St. Louis: The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts.

 

2009

Theirolf, Corinna and Vogt, Johannes. Dan Flavin – Icons. Munich: Schirmer/Mosel and Pinakothek der Moderne.

 

2010

Dan Flavin: Series and Progresssions. Göttingen and New York: Steidl/David Zwirner. Texts by Tiffany Bell, Dan Graham, Anne Rorimer, Richard Shiff, and Alexandra Whitney.

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