In stumbling upon Israeli artist Yochai Matos, there might have been a slight jaw drop. I feel like Matos resolves a lot of problems I sometimes have with Dan Flavin. Actually, I didn’t think I had problems with Dan Flavin until I saw this tonight. But this piece makes me want to stake every Flavin piece i’ve ever seen into the soil of a forest like a pup tent. Instead of lighting up an opaque gallery wall, this piece illuminates the freaking woods. (note: Matos does do light installations within the gallery environment that i’m inevitably less taken with). He also uses varying tones of yellow, white and gray bulbs that interrupts an otherwise monochrome installation. Kinda like an indian corn lightning bolt, no?
On a sad note: my research fails me, and I can’t for the life of me figure out where this installation stands…stood? Damn.
