Initially a painter working within the realm of constructivism, Bill Culbert began his
experimentations with electric light in 1968 and started to use shadows, camera obscura, bulbs and fluorescent as his core medium, constructing and retaining light into sculpture.
Page Eight, the new selection on PBS \» «Masterpiece Contemporary,» is more beautifully filmed than most movies on the big screen, and the gorgeous cinematography, especially of London
draped with electric light at night, cinched it as a closing night selection at this year \'s Toronto Film Festival.
The boy stood there, a hand on the mattress, gazing around at the strange high - ceilinged room,
with its electric lights rising from the channels of old gas lamps, the dark glazed paintings on the walls, the dresser that held Delaney's clothes.
In his «icons,» Flavin used the red, yellow, and black palette of traditional icon paintings, and tried to approximate the luminosity of their metallic gold
backgrounds with electric lighting.
Already, however, Flavin had been
experimenting with electric light in a series called the «icons» — modestly sized, illuminated wall reliefs, made between 1961 and 1964.
Featured image: Robert Rauschenberg - Charlene (detail), 1954, oil, charcoal, paper, fabric, newspaper, wood, plastic, mirror, and metal on four Homasote panels, mounted on wood with electric light
It had 144 blades and powered the home of Charles Brush, an inventor who drew a crowd of thousands by illuminating a park in
Cleveland with electric light shortly before Edison «invented» the light bulb.
«It's almost like we're back with Richard Tuttle now,» she said, after a carnivalesque and, to her, unconvincing series of
works with electric light.
With no electric light or television, we offer nature as our main amenity, setting the perfect mood for a romantic getaway.
With no electric light or cell phone service it's a great escape from the modern world.
Header Image - Robert Rauschenberg, «Charlene,» 1954, Oil, charcoal, printed reproductions, newspaper, wood, plastic mirror, men's undershirt, umbrella, lace, ribbons and other fabrics, and metal on Homasote, mounted on wood,
with electric light, overall: 7 ft. 5 in.
With electric lighting she can easily spot dangerous spiders and snakes, she can read the Bible, and help her daughters with homework — this, all during the hours of darkness.
Aurora, Illinois was the first city in the nation to light itself up
with electric lights.