Flavin, Dan
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| born on | 1 April 1933 at 07:00 (= 07:00 AM ) | ||||
| Place | New York NY, USA, 40n42, 74w00 | ||||
| Timezone | EST h5w (is standard time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   11°19'   22°09 Asc. 11°24'
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Biography
American artist; sculptor who studied art history but was self educated as an artist. His style is central to Minimalist with a geometric preoccupation with tubes and circles. His earliest work on view from 1963 was an untitled piece consisting of a single eight foot high green tube. His works are shown prestigiously.
Events
- Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1963 (One of his early pieces exhibited)
Source Notes
Different info given in the biography cited by Sy Scholfield: "Dan Flavin: A Retrospective" (Yale UP, 2004), p. 189: "[I was born at] Mary Immaculate Hospital, Jamaica, New York, at about seven in the morning on a wet Saturday, April Fool's Day,
1933 ... ["24 minutes before" his twin brother]." Previously this record gave 19:00 as the birth time with the following source notes: LMR quotes an art dealer known to Flavin for 7 PM..
Categories
- Notable : Book Collection : Occult/ Misc. Collection
- Vocation : Art : Fine art artist (Minimalist, geometric)
- Traits : Body : Weight (Heavy build)
