Archive Post: 4/18/2023
Rockne Krebs: Lasers and Candle Smoke
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The other is a selection from his hitherto unknown works on paper, which someday could easily serve as the basis for a more extensive exhibition that examines how he used the oldest art medium to describe his aspirations for the newest. - Dan Cameron, August 2022
Cameron, Dan / Zahn, Mike / Pazo Fine Art, The Technological Sublime, 2022.
Rockne Krebs: Born in 1938 in Kansas City, Missouri, Rockne Krebs was, by the 1970s, a major pioneer in public artworks. Krebs was one of the first artists to experiment with lasers and other light forms in his works, the first to create three-dimensional installations with light, and the first to deploy lasers in large-scale public works…
Public Art Review, Spring/Summer 2012, In Memory: Rockne Krebs