Norton Simon Museum
Plugged In
Pasadena, CA • opened 2024

"Plugged In: Art and Electric Light" includes 11 works produced between 1964 and 1970, all drawn from the Museum’s collections. This includes Andy Warhol’s controversial White Painting (1964), its nude female torso subversively activated by ultraviolet light; Dan Flavin’s stark fluorescent installations made from commercial materials; and Allen Ruppersberg’s Location Piece (1968), an “environmental sculpture” that envelops the viewer in unnerving ambient light.

The design of the physical space allows visitors to experience each piece indiviudally while catching glimpses of the relationship between the works through their shared materials, technologies and approaches to the use of electric light.

Red Cape Studio was hired to design the physical layout and display structures for the exhibition.