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Sonnier, Keith - Installation - “Fluorescent Room”
“Flourescent Room,” by Keith Sonnier, has been shown in the Netherlands, Austria, New York City, and South Korea between 1970 and 2010. For the piece, the artist creates foam rubber blocks covered in orange and green fluorescent powder. The blocks are arranged into a maze for visitors to navigate in a room illuminated entirely by black light, creating an illusion of walking in lunar space. The installation's dimensions are site specific. ZoomifyLearn more »
Sonnier, Keith - Mixed Media - “Lay In”
“Lay In” by Keith Sonnier, 1967. Satin, cheesecloth, and wood, 90 x 31 x 21/2 inches. The artist, raised by a professional upholsterer, made this floor installation primarily from fabric before his medium shifted to neon in later years. ZoomifyLearn more »
Sonnier, Keith - Mixed Media - “Pro Eco”
“Pro Eco,” created in 1991 by Keith Sonnier, was commissioned by the Audubon Institute for the Aquarium of the Americas streetcar stop on the Riverfront line in New Orleans. Made of neon and extruded I-beams, the permanent installation measures 28 x 34 x 11 feet. ZoomifyLearn more »
Sonnier, Keith - Mixed Media - “Tisket-a-Tasket”
Tisket-a-Tasket, 1994, neon and found objects, 42 x 26 x 18 inches. This mixed-media piece is from Keith Sonnier's Tidewater Series which the artist describes as particularly important to him. The works were his first to include found objects, many salvaged from a shed found during a trip home to care for his ailing father. Learn more »
Sonnier, Keith - Mixed Media - “Untitled (Ba-O-Ba II)”
This untitled piece, created in 1969, was one of the first artist Keith Sonnier created for his “Ba-O-Ba” series. The works in the series consist primarily of glass geometric shapes suffused with neon lighting from straight colored tubes. He continued the series through 1977. The piece measures 120 1/2 x 236 x 50 1/2 inches. ZoomifyLearn more »
Sonnier, Keith - Sculpture - “Quachita”
“Quachita” by Keith Sonnier, 1996. Neon, argon lighting, bamboo, and plastic. 100 x 64 x 12 inches. Standing more than eight feet tall, this larger-than-life sculpture from the Cat Doucet series creates the illusion of a woman dancing in a halo of neon. ZoomifyLearn more »
