Light and Space movement

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The Light and Space movement is a West Coast art movement that emerged in Southern California in the 1960s, characterized by immersive installations and sculptures that explore perception through light, color, and spatial experience.

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Light and Space movement canonical 4

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instanceOf American art movement ⓘ
art movement ⓘ
contemporary art movement ⓘ
aim to explore phenomenological experience of space ⓘ
to heighten awareness of seeing ⓘ
artForm environmental art ⓘ
installation art ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ
characteristic dematerialization of the art object ⓘ
emphasis on viewer perception ⓘ
manipulation of light and shadow ⓘ
sensory immersion ⓘ
subtle color gradations ⓘ
use of architectural space as material ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
exhibitionVenue Los Angeles County Museum of Art ⓘ
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles ⓘ
influencedBy California modernism ⓘ
Minimalism ⓘ
Op art ⓘ
movementFocus color ⓘ
light ⓘ
perception ⓘ
spatial experience ⓘ
movementParticipant Bruce Nauman ⓘ
Craig Kauffman ⓘ
De Wain Valentine ⓘ
Doug Wheeler ⓘ
Eric Orr ⓘ
Helen Pashgian ⓘ
James Turrell ⓘ
John McCracken ⓘ
Laddie John Dill ⓘ
Larry Bell ⓘ
Mary Corse ⓘ
Peter Alexander ⓘ
Robert Irwin ⓘ
originatedIn Southern California ⓘ
region West Coast ⓘ
relatedTo Conceptual art ⓘ
Finish Fetish ⓘ
installation art ⓘ
startTime 1960s ⓘ
timePeriod late 20th century ⓘ
typicalWork immersive installation ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ
site-specific installation ⓘ
usesMedium acrylic ⓘ
artificial light ⓘ
fluorescent light ⓘ
glass ⓘ
industrial materials ⓘ
mirrors ⓘ
natural light ⓘ
neon ⓘ
resin ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Craig Kauffman → associatedWith → Light and Space movement ⓘ
Larry Bell → movement → Light and Space movement ⓘ
Billy Al Bengston → movement → Light and Space movement ⓘ
James Turrell → movement → Light and Space movement ⓘ