The
creators of Lumonics,
Mel and Dorothy Tanner
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Mel
Tanner
(1925-1993) |
Mel
Tanner Art Bio .....,,
.Dorothy
Tanner Art Bio
education,
exhibitions,
commissions,
teaching, collections, special projects
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Mel and Dorothy Tanner were born in New York, and met as students attending the Brooklyn Museum School of Art. With a background in painting (Mel) and sculpture (Dorothy), their breakthrough came in the creation of a new artform that wedded both painting and light sculpture in a total art/technology installation, adding the elements of live multi-media projection, video art, lasers, and music. They call the experience Lumonics ("illumination" and "harmonics"). |
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EXCERPTS FROM ART REVIEWS "You've
heard of Pop Art, Op Art, and Kinetic Art. Mel and Dorothy Tanner
create what could be called 'Wow Art'. In truth, the Tanners do have
a better term for their acrylic sculptures: 'Lumonics.'" "The
key to so much of the art of Lumonics [is] light. The studio's founders,
Dorothy Tanner and her late husband, Mel, use light and acrylic the
way painters use oil and canvas--as a primary medium for artistic
expression." "Contemporary
Art at its most up-to-date..." "It
will knock your artistic socks off." "Mesmerizing
art form..." |
