Sun Dog, Rockne Krebs, 1976
Solar and laser installations for the U.S. Bicentennial Expo Science and Technology, the Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, FL.
In 1976 Sun Dog was the first work of art ever commissioned by the
National Endowment for the Arts.
Sun dogs are a member of a large family of halos, created by light interacting with ice crystals in the atmosphere. Sun dogs appear as two subtly colored patches of light approximately 22° to the left and right of the Sun.
In 1976 Sun Dog was the first work of art ever commissioned
by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Solar and laser installation for the U.S. Bicentennial Expo
Science and Technology, Kennedy Space Center.
Altman, Stephen. The Cultural Post, National Endowment for the Arts, July/August 1976, Let There Be Light Sculpture.
Sun Dog Twitter thread https://twitter.com/RockneKrebsArt/status/1036767021453721600?s=20
Have a happy and safe Fourth of July! #LightArtist Sun Dog, Rockne Krebs, 1976 https://t.co/7eRVWHZrft pic.twitter.com/VwDPslgMAj
— Rockne Krebs, Artist □□ (@RockneKrebsArt) July 4, 2022
Flamingo Beach in Sun Dog
"Hurricane Idalia is being credited with delivering a flamingo-palooza to the Eastern United States this week.
The iconic, pink plumaged birds first started showing up all over Florida, on both coasts and the northern Gulf Coast as Hurricane Idalia passed. By Saturday however, three days after landfall, flamingo sightings had been reported in Alabama, South and North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, and Virginia.” - USA Today, September 3, 2023
"Rockne sure did envision new domains for sculpture and new ways for us to experience the joys of living on this earth."
– Benjamin Forgey, October 25, 2022
Benjamin Forgey is an architecture and art critic
living in Washington, DC.
“...Krebs’s made one feel extremely happy and proud to be alive at a particular time and place…”
- Benjamin Forgey, Art Life on the Edges, essay, Washington Art Matters: Art Life in the Capital 1940-1990, 2013
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