Light on the Lake by Daniel Goldstein

Abstract

Recognizing the contribution art has had in the Mayo Clinic environment since the original Mayo Clinic Building was finished in 1914; Mayo Clinic Proceedings features some of the numerous works of art displayed throughout the buildings and grounds on Mayo Clinic campuses. Recognizing the contribution art has had in the Mayo Clinic environment since the original Mayo Clinic Building was finished in 1914; Mayo Clinic Proceedings features some of the numerous works of art displayed throughout the buildings and grounds on Mayo Clinic campuses. Daniel Goldstein was born in Mount Vernon, New York, in 1950, and currently resides in San Francisco, California, where he maintains the Daniel Goldstein Studio. He took undergraduate studies at Brandeis University (1968-1970), in Waltham, Massachusetts, but received his BA from the University of California, Santa Cruz, in 1972.1Daniel Goldstein Studio: Bio. http://danielgoldsteinstudio.com/bio/. Accessed May 18, 2015.Google Scholar He completed post graduate art studies at Saint Martins School of Art, in London, England, where he obtained an MFA, in 1974 (personal communication, May 21, 2015 ). Comprising 1000 anodized, laser-cut aluminum slips suspended together, Light on the Lake (11x30x4 ft), shimmers with light bouncing on simulated waves. Like a single bee in a swarm, or one sparrow in a large flock flittering in the wind, each “wave” compiled together provides the sensation of lapping water on the shore and summer breezes feeding the swells, or schools of minnows fighting upstream. Paradox is the word that best describes Goldstein’s exploration of this “large-scale minimalism.”2Daniel Goldstein Studio: Exhibits. http://danielgoldsteinstudio.com/exhibits/. Accessed May 18, 2015.Google Scholar Small things gathered together as one can create grand, powerful things. Goldstein noted his goal with this work was to capture Monet’s Water Lillies in 3-D.3Water Lillies, Claude Monet, WikiArt. http://www.wikiart.org/en/claude-monet/water-lilies-40. Accessed May 21, 2015.Google Scholar He also noted the installation took 3.5 days with assistance from Mayo Clinic staff (personal communication, May 21, 2015). Light on the Lake is located in the lower level lobby of the Jacobson Building on the Rochester campus of Mayo Clinic, and is sponsored by Margaret Shea in honor of her husband, James Shea.