Neon Art

Neon art is a relatively new media utilizing neon lights to create visually stimulating forms of art, often incorporating motion and interactivity.

As a genre , the field of neon art is still emerging, with new techniques and technologies creating new opportunities each year.

Of these, only neon and argon are commonly used in neon art.

These are the two base colors used in neon art, but other colors may be achieved either by baking fluorescent powder into the glass tubing or by using colored glass.

When creating neon art, most artists bend the glass freehand, while some rely on the sorts of templates commonly used in neon sign making.

In 1981, the Museum of Neon Art in Los Angeles became the first museum in the world to specialize in works of neon art.

Another style of neon art makes use of neon lighting combined with traditional media, or with objects from everyday life. This style of neon art tends more towards political statement than neon art which focuses exclusively on the shape and color of the neon, and has produced some works which have met with great critical praise.