Dan Flavin, 63, Sculptor Of Fluorescent Light, Dies

"The material Mr. Flavin fastened on, the fluorescent light fixture in its many colors and lengths, was at once sensuous and austere, straightforward and celebratory. He was perhaps the first artist to employ electric light in a sustained way, and he remained one of the best. In retrospect, its presence seemed appropriate to a former Catholic altar boy who recalled being ''curiously fond of the solemn high funeral Mass, which was so consummately rich in candlelight, music, chant, vestments, processions and incense.''

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