Handwritten letter from Dan Flavin to Richard Carlyon, dated March 3, 1966, discussing the panel Flavin will participate in at the 1966 Annual Spring Arts Festival. Transcription: "March 3, 1966. Cold..
Handwritten letter from Dan Flavin to Richard Carlyon, dated March 3, 1966, discussing the panel Flavin will participate in at the 1966 Annual Spring Arts Festival. Transcription: "March 3, 1966. Cold Spring. Dear Richard, I am pleased to see that the panel has finally resolved itself approximately the way in which you wished to have it. The subject (subjects) for discussion: “Art, Non-Art, Anti-Art” is strange beyond strange. Look, you as a painter, I believe, would you be able to speak for from five to ten minutes about that stuff? Could you give me just five meaningful sentences within the subject? I doubt that you can hold the fellows to it. No doubt, we shall see. Your time table looks to be pleasantly set. Sonja and I will probably be [crossed out] come a day early. Sonja is pressing to see the Jefferson buildings. If it is at all possible, I would like to talk with your young people. I am supposed to give a sculpture criticism for senior and graduate school students of the Rhode Island School of Design sometime soon -- a one day feat which is beyond human capability. I may teach for a semester at the University of North Carolina. It’s up to me to decide. Best wishes and best regards. D. Fay, Special Agent, The Northwestern Mutual Life"