Light and Space

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Light and Space is a West Coast art movement, emerging in the 1960s in Southern California, that focuses on perceptual experience through the use of light, color, and industrial materials.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf West Coast art movement
art movement
aimsTo alter viewer perception of space
heighten awareness of seeing itself
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
fieldOfWork contemporary art
environmental art
installation art
light art
hasMainFocus color
light
perceptual experience
space
hasMovementCharacteristic dematerialization of the art object
emphasis on viewer perception
immersive environments
minimalist aesthetics
optical effects
site-specific installations
use of artificial light
use of natural light
hasNotableArtist Bruce Nauman NERFINISHED
Craig Kauffman NERFINISHED
De Wain Valentine NERFINISHED
Doug Wheeler NERFINISHED
Eric Orr NERFINISHED
Helen Pashgian NERFINISHED
James Turrell NERFINISHED
John McCracken NERFINISHED
Larry Bell NERFINISHED
Mary Corse NERFINISHED
Peter Alexander NERFINISHED
Robert Irwin NERFINISHED
influenced contemporary light art
experiential art
installation art
influencedBy California modernism NERFINISHED
Finish Fetish NERFINISHED
Minimalism NERFINISHED
Op art NERFINISHED
aerospace industry technologies
movementOriginatesIn Los Angeles NERFINISHED
regionOfOrigin Southern California NERFINISHED
startTime 1960s
typicalMedium architectural interventions
large-scale installations
room-sized environments
usesMaterial acrylic
fluorescent light
glass
industrial materials
neon
resin

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Craig Kauffman movement Light and Space