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Keith Sonnier

Keith Sonnier

Keith Sonnier (31/7/1941-18/7/2020)

Keith Sonnier (31/7/1941-18/7/2020), was a pioneering figure in conceptual, post-minimal, video and performance art of the late 1960s. Born in Grand Mamou, Louisiana in 1941, Sonnier was one of the first artists to incorporate light into sculpture: an innovation that forms the foundation of his subsequent work. Through documents or …

Keith Sonnier, Neon Incandescent VI, 1968, argon and neon tubes, porcelain fixtures, incandescent bulbs, light switch, transformer, and electrical wire, 105 x 104 x 8 inches (266.7 x 264.2 x 20.3 cm), © 2024 Keith Sonnier / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, Courtesy the artist and David Kordansky Gallery

ART CITIES: N.York-Keith Sonnie

Keith Sonnier reinvented sculpture in the late ‘60s. Employing unusual materials that had never before been used, Sonnier, along with his contemporaries, …

Keith Sonnier, Ba-O-Ba VI, 1970, Courtesy the Artist and Haeusler Contemporary-Munich/Zurich, © Haeusler Contemporary-Munich/Zurich Photo: Wolfgang Stahl

ART CITIES:London- Keith Sonnier

Keith Sonnier reinvented sculpture in the late ‘60s. Employing unusual materials that had never before been used, Sonnier, along with his contemporaries, …