Gabriel Dawe: A new artist for me

Through the site Colossal, I found the work of Gabriel Dawe, whose thread installations

Gabriel Dawe, Plexus series (more at Dawe's own site)

remind me a lot of the work of minimalist art of Dan Flavin

I like the way the thread is itself sculpture and the way the space and light are transformed by seeing through the thread.

Though thread is Mr. Dawe's primary medium, the sculptural piece, Don't Ask Don't Tell, is very powerful--a visualization of how policies may seem normal on the exterior but the damage they do to the psyche is considerable:

Gabriel Dawe, Air Force/ Don't Ask Don't Tell, 2010, pins and boots