David Knoebel
Plug, Wire, Light

September 4–14, 1976 112 Greene Street/Workshop
Installation view from "David Knoebel: Plug, Wire, Light"

David Knoebel, installation view, 1976

Installation view from "David Knoebel: Plug, Wire, Light"

David Knoebel, installation view, 1976

Exhibition Description

David Knoebel explains, “I constructed electrical wall pieces around existing outlet boxes. The boxes, plugs, wire, sockets, and bulbs formed simple geometric configurations made specifically for the workshop’s walls.”

Excerpted from Brentano, R., & Savitt, M. (1981). 112 Workshop, 112 Greene Street: History, artists & artworks. New York: New York University Press.

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Invitation recto for David Knoebel, Plug, Wire, Light, 1976

Invitation verso for David Knoebel, Plug, Wire, Light, 1976

Installation view from "David Knoebel: Plug, Wire, Light"
Installation view from "David Knoebel: Plug, Wire, Light"

David Knoebel, installation view, 1976

David Knoebel, installation view, 1976