Irwin Light Sculpture Cedars-Sinai Skip to content Close Select your preferred language English عربى 简体中文 繁體中文 فارسي עִברִית 日本語 한국어 Русский Español Tagalog Menu Close Call 1-800-CEDARS-1 toggle search form Close Share Email Print Art & Healing Back to Art & Healing The Art Experience History of the Collection Behind the Scenes Donate Art Healing Gardens Art Spotlight Steinkamp Digital Mural Irwin Light Installation Leigh Wiener Photos Schoonhoven Mural Baldessari Umbrellas RxArt Project Open Doors Exhibit Share & Care Community Outreach Patient Stories In the News Send Us a Message George and Gracie at Advanced Health Sciences Artist Robert Irwin created a glowing feature that changes by the hour Anyone passing by the Advanced Health Sciences Pavilion on Cedars-Sinai's main campus is sure to notice and appreciate artist Robert Irwin's dramatic light creation. A year in the making, the dramatic configuration of fluorescent tubes in the building's northern exterior shines day and night and never looks the same. The building's wall of windows wraps around two sides of a triangular area located where Gracie Allen Drive meets San Vicente Boulevard. Known as "the prow," it's a space that the building's architects intentionally left empty, says John T. Lange, the curator of Cedars-Sinai's art collection. "The prow is a space no one will actually go into, other than for maintenance. The architects approached us with the idea of doing something wonderful there with art." Artist Robert Irwin, who began his long career as a painter, was inspired by the space to create a grid of lights, 124 slim white tubes bent at right angles. The tubes cover the rear wall with a web of light and shadow that, despite the size of the installation, never repeats. Irwin calls his artwork a conditional response to the narrow angular space it occupies "Now that it's on the wall, it turns out that at night the shadows become more important than the tubes, which is such a surprise. I expected the light to be totally dominant." —Robert Irwin, artist LIGHT AND SPACE Artist Robert Irwin was one of the founders of an Los Angeles-based art movement called Light and Space. IT’S COMPLICATED Artist Robert Irwin enjoyed the challenge the Advanced Health Sciences Pavilion’s space posed, describing it as "complicated." DAY AND NIGHT Artist Robert Irwin visited the Cedars-Sinai main campus at all hours of the day to study the Advanced Health Sciences Pavilion. RIGHT ANGLES The light installation's grid contains 124 angled fluorescent tubes that create a web of brightness and shadow. The Cedars-Sinai art collection is comprised of more than 4 000 notable works by some 1 200 artists Art Spotlight View some of the many art projects featured at Cedars-Sinai. STEINKAMP DIGITAL MURAL LEIGH WIENER PHOTOS SCHOONHOVEN MURAL BALDESSARI UMBRELLAS RXART PROJECT HEALING GARDENS Other Helpful Info Donate Art to the Collection If you own fine art that you believe would make a great addition to the Cedars-Sinai therapeutic-art collection, or if you're interested in finding out more about donating, we would love to hear from you. LEARN MORE See the Art Experience at Cedars-Sinai The Cedars-Sinai art collection contains more than 4,000 works by 1,200 artists, including murals, photography, sculpture, digital media and landscaping. LEARN MORE Share Email Print Please ensure Javascript is enabled for purposes of website accessibility