Flamingo Beach in Sun Dog, 1976 U.S. Bicentennial Expo Science and Technology, Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, FL.
Archive Post: 7/29/2016
Sun Dog, 1976
U.S. Bicentennial Expo Science and Technology, Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, FL.
Solar and laser installations for the U.S. Bicentennial Expo Science and Technology, the Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, FL.
In 1976 Sun Dog was the first work of art ever commissioned by the
National Endowment for the Arts.
Sun dogs are a member of a large family of halos, created by light interacting with ice crystals in the atmosphere. Sun dogs appear as two subtly colored patches of light approximately 22° to the left and right of the Sun.
"Rockne sure did envision new domains for sculpture and new ways for us to experience the joys of living on this earth."
– Benjamin Forgey, October 25, 2022
Benjamin Forgey is an architecture and art critic living in Washington, DC
In 1976 Sun Dog was the first work of art ever commissioned
by the National Endowment for the Arts.
The Cultural Post, National Endowment for the Arts, July/August 1976, Let There Be Light Sculpture, Stephen Altman
Sun Dog Green, 1977
Collection: Katzen Arts Center, American University Museum, Washington, DC
Recently exhibited in Still, Moving., 2023, Katzen Arts Center, American University Museum, Washington, DC
“...Krebs’s made one feel extremely happy and proud to be alive at a particular time and place…”
Benjamin Forgey, Art Life on the Edges, essay, Washington Art Matters: Art Life in the Capital 1940-1990, 2013
