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"Burning, Bright: A Short History of the Light Bulb" on view at The Pace Gallery

NEW YORK, N.Y.- The Pace Gallery presents Burning, Bright: A Short History of the Light Bulb, a group exhibition focusing on the incandescent light bulb as both subject and material in the art of the past century. Burning, Bright, which is organized by Pace London, is on view at 545 West 22nd Street, New York, from October 28 through November 26, 2011. The exhibition illuminates a recurring fascination with the light bulb by some of the most important artists of the past hundred years. The show will feature work by Arman, Francis Bacon, Joseph Beuys, Alexander Calder, Pier Paolo Calzolari, Brian Clarke, Jim Dine, Adrian Ghenie, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Loris Gréaud, Philip Guston, David Hammons, Jasper Johns, Matt Johnson, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, Lee Ufan, Roy Lichtenstein, Man Ray, Robert Morris, Tim Noble and Sue Webster, Claes