2016.60.A-E In Between II

Beginning in the late 1960s, Keith Sonnier radically challenged the traditional concept of sculpture  by incorporating unconventional and industrial materials. Often characterized as Post-Minimal or Process art, Sonnier’s sculptures are perceived not as permanent objects but instead as materials placed in ephemeral situations. In Between II is a tenuous arrangement—a three-foot-square pane of clear glass held to the wall by brushed-on rubber latex. The glass panel is flanked by red lightbulbs that alternately blink on and off, their glow reflected in its surface. Sonnier’s use of the lightbulb in In Between II highlights his interest in the objects for reasons beyond their formal qualities; the lighting devices reference a childhood memory of porch lamps commonly found in Louisiana. Sonnier believes that by evoking cultural, narrative, and spiritual associations he infuses his abstract work with an inner life.

Sonnier_Keith: ULAN: 500004781

glass (material): AAT: 300010797

latex (organic material): AAT: 300013021

abstract (general art genre): AAT: 300417511

Conceptual (style): AAT: 300264827

ephemeral art: AAT: 300387639

light bulbs: AAT: 300037663

memory: AAT: 300254803

narrative (artistic device): AAT: 300055903

porches (exterior covered spaces): AAT: 300004132

Postminimal: AAT: 300112731

Process art: AAT: 300022209

red (color): AAT: 300126225

Sonnier_Keith: ULAN: 500004781

Before 2016: Keith Sonnier

2016: Dallas Museum of Art, purchased from Maccarone through the TWO x TWO for AIDS and Art Fund

The main source for this provenance is the data previously entered into TMS. 

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