{"id":15985,"date":"2015-02-16T11:00:56","date_gmt":"2015-02-16T11:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=15985"},"modified":"2015-02-16T01:12:54","modified_gmt":"2015-02-16T01:12:54","slug":"a-dazzling-display-of-neon-art-amnesia-various-luminous-fixed-at-spruth-magers-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/a-dazzling-display-of-neon-art-amnesia-various-luminous-fixed-at-spruth-magers-london\/","title":{"rendered":"A dazzling display of neon art: Amnesia: Various, Luminous, Fixed at Spr\u00fcth Magers, London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/joseph-kosuth-amnesia-london-01.jpg\" alt=\"A dazzling display of neon art: Amnesia: Various, Luminous, Fixed at Spr\u00fcth Magers, London, February 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This dazzling display of neon art at the\u00a0Spr\u00fcth Magers gallery in Grafton Street caught my eye as I was wandering around town on the weekend, so I had to go in for a closer look. By luck, it turned out that I&#8217;d arrived\u00a0on the last day of the show.<\/p>\n<p>Showcasing artist\u00a0Joseph Kosuth&#8217;s work in neon, the exhibition entitled &#8216;Amnesia: Various, Luminous, <i>Fixed&#8217;<\/i> covered work\u00a0dating from 1965 through to 2011. You can read <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joseph_Kosuth\" target=\"_blank\">more about the artist here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/joseph-kosuth-amnesia-london-02.jpg\" alt=\"A dazzling display of neon art: Amnesia: Various, Luminous, Fixed at Spr\u00fcth Magers, London, February 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The gallery space was in three room over two floors, and with all that neon on full blast it\u00a0was pretty warm.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/joseph-kosuth-amnesia-london-03.jpg\" alt=\"A dazzling display of neon art: Amnesia: Various, Luminous, Fixed at Spr\u00fcth Magers, London, February 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a selection of\u00a0photographs of the work and the gallery.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/joseph-kosuth-amnesia-london-04.jpg\" alt=\"A dazzling display of neon art: Amnesia: Various, Luminous, Fixed at Spr\u00fcth Magers, London, February 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/joseph-kosuth-amnesia-london-05.jpg\" alt=\"A dazzling display of neon art: Amnesia: Various, Luminous, Fixed at Spr\u00fcth Magers, London, February 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/joseph-kosuth-amnesia-london-06.jpg\" alt=\"A dazzling display of neon art: Amnesia: Various, Luminous, Fixed at Spr\u00fcth Magers, London, February 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/joseph-kosuth-amnesia-london-07.jpg\" alt=\"A dazzling display of neon art: Amnesia: Various, Luminous, Fixed at Spr\u00fcth Magers, London, February 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/joseph-kosuth-amnesia-london-08.jpg\" alt=\"A dazzling display of neon art: Amnesia: Various, Luminous, Fixed at Spr\u00fcth Magers, London, February 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/joseph-kosuth-amnesia-london-09.jpg\" alt=\"A dazzling display of neon art: Amnesia: Various, Luminous, Fixed at Spr\u00fcth Magers, London, February 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/joseph-kosuth-amnesia-london-10.jpg\" alt=\"A dazzling display of neon art: Amnesia: Various, Luminous, Fixed at Spr\u00fcth Magers, London, February 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/joseph-kosuth-amnesia-london-11.jpg\" alt=\"A dazzling display of neon art: Amnesia: Various, Luminous, Fixed at Spr\u00fcth Magers, London, February 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/joseph-kosuth-amnesia-london-12.jpg\" alt=\"A dazzling display of neon art: Amnesia: Various, Luminous, Fixed at Spr\u00fcth Magers, London, February 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/joseph-kosuth-amnesia-london-13.jpg\" alt=\"A dazzling display of neon art: Amnesia: Various, Luminous, Fixed at Spr\u00fcth Magers, London, February 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/joseph-kosuth-amnesia-london-14.jpg\" alt=\"A dazzling display of neon art: Amnesia: Various, Luminous, Fixed at Spr\u00fcth Magers, London, February 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/joseph-kosuth-amnesia-london-15.jpg\" alt=\"A dazzling display of neon art: Amnesia: Various, Luminous, Fixed at Spr\u00fcth Magers, London, February 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/joseph-kosuth-amnesia-london-16.jpg\" alt=\"A dazzling display of neon art: Amnesia: Various, Luminous, Fixed at Spr\u00fcth Magers, London, February 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/joseph-kosuth-amnesia-london-17.jpg\" alt=\"A dazzling display of neon art: Amnesia: Various, Luminous, Fixed at Spr\u00fcth Magers, London, February 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/joseph-kosuth-amnesia-london-18.jpg\" alt=\"A dazzling display of neon art: Amnesia: Various, Luminous, Fixed at Spr\u00fcth Magers, London, February 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/joseph-kosuth-amnesia-london-19.jpg\" alt=\"A dazzling display of neon art: Amnesia: Various, Luminous, Fixed at Spr\u00fcth Magers, London, February 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/joseph-kosuth-amnesia-london-20.jpg\" alt=\"A dazzling display of neon art: Amnesia: Various, Luminous, Fixed at Spr\u00fcth Magers, London, February 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/joseph-kosuth-amnesia-london-21.jpg\" alt=\"A dazzling display of neon art: Amnesia: Various, Luminous, Fixed at Spr\u00fcth Magers, London, February 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the downstairs room.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/joseph-kosuth-amnesia-london-22.jpg\" alt=\"A dazzling display of neon art: Amnesia: Various, Luminous, Fixed at Spr\u00fcth Magers, London, February 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/joseph-kosuth-amnesia-london-23.jpg\" alt=\"A dazzling display of neon art: Amnesia: Various, Luminous, Fixed at Spr\u00fcth Magers, London, February 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/joseph-kosuth-amnesia-london-24.jpg\" alt=\"A dazzling display of neon art: Amnesia: Various, Luminous, Fixed at Spr\u00fcth Magers, London, February 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/joseph-kosuth-amnesia-london-25.jpg\" alt=\"A dazzling display of neon art: Amnesia: Various, Luminous, Fixed at Spr\u00fcth Magers, London, February 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/joseph-kosuth-amnesia-london-26.jpg\" alt=\"A dazzling display of neon art: Amnesia: Various, Luminous, Fixed at Spr\u00fcth Magers, London, February 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>View from the street.<\/p>\n<p>Press release for exhibition <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spruethmagers.com\/exhibitions\/381@@press_en\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This dazzling display of neon art at the\u00a0Spr\u00fcth Magers gallery in Grafton Street caught my eye as I was wandering around town on the weekend, so I had to go &hellip; 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