Beneath artist Dan Flavin's minimalist sensibilities lies a much larger perspective

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: July 5, 2005| Author: KEVIN NANCE | Copyright information

'Dan Flavin: A retrospective'

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When: Through Oct. 30

Where: Museum of Contemporary Art, 220 E. Chicago

Tickets: $6-$10 (suggested; includes admission to museum)

Call: (312) 280-2660

There isn't much you can say in print about "Dan Flavin: A Retrospective," now at the Museum of Contemporary Art, of which the notoriously thorny artist would have approved.

Flavin (1933-1996) probably wouldn't have minded the observation that his output c...

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