“It is what it is, and it ain’t nothin’ else. Everything is clearly, openly, plainly delivered. There is no overwhelming spirituality you are supposed to come into contact with, I like my use of light to be openly situational in the sense that there is no invitation to meditate, to contemplate. It’s in a sense a “get-in-get-out” situation. And it is very easy to understand. One might not think of light as a matter of fact, but I do. And it is, as I said, as plain and open and direct an art as you will ever find”
Dan Flavin: Series and Progressions” is on view at David Zwirner Gallery, 525 West 19th Street, through Dec. 19