1968 Sculpture Minus Object, the first ever 3-D laser beam installation.
Gallery of Modern Art, Washington, DC. Curated by Walter Hopps and Renato Danese.
Gallery of Modern Art, Washington, DC. Curated by Walter Hopps and Renato Danese.
"My first exhibit was at the Washington Gallery of Modern Art in 1968. The room was 25’ x 21’ x 11’ high. I mention the size of the enclosure because to me I’m trying to deal with the six planes, the enclosures through which our bodies move, and use light as a medium in that I am projecting the light through this space...
What really prompted me to try this was the possibility of reversing the proposition by which we normally view sculpture.
We normally have some kind of mass or configuration, which when it is illuminated, we can perceive this is obviously some kind of an object regardless of its medium. What I did I think was to reverse this proposition. I introduced incidental matter into the atmosphere and project light through it. The resulting configuration would be the work of art itself." *Rockne Krebs, 1970 |
Rockne Krebs b: Kansas City, MO, 1938 d: Washington, DC, 2011
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“With its hot color, cool geometry and dramatic site, Miami Line seems to have provided not only an emblem for the city but a focus for civic pride.”
Joselit, David. Art in America, July 1990, Public Art & the Public Purse, Miami. |
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*The Sixth National Sculpture Conference, 1970, catalogue, National Sculpture Center, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. Edited by Elden C. Tefft, published 1971. Published transcript of Krebs’ lecture.