Minimalism does not often feel this immersive, but Dan Flavin’s Grids at David Zwirner Hong Kong makes light feel almost physical. Presented across the 5th and 6th floors of H Queen’s in Central, the exhibition brings one of Minimalism’s key figures to Greater China in a show that is less about objects and more about how we see. Inside the gallery, fluorescent light becomes structure. Flavin’s grid works are built from a precise balance of horizontal and vertical lamps. The horizontal tubes push colour into the room, while the vertical tubes reflect light back onto the walls. Placed in the corners of the architecture, the works make colour, shadow, and space collapse into one another. The effect is quiet but powerful. Pink, green, blue, and yellow light spreads across the walls, softening the edges of the room. Metal fittings create sharp shadows, while the glowing tubes blur the line between sculpture and architecture. After a few minutes, the corner itself seems to disappear. Several works create strong colour tensions. In untitled for Mary Ann and Hal with fondest regards 1 and 2, two large grids face each other, setting pink and green into a steady visual rhythm. Nearby, untitled for you, Leo, in long respect and affection 1 and 2 brings blue and yellow into play, making the space feel cool and warm at the same time. The largest work, untitled in honor of Leo at the 30th anniversary of his gallery, stretches 24 feet wide and takes over the viewer’s field of vision. Here, the gallery starts to feel secondary. The light becomes the room. Flavin rejected hidden meanings and often insisted that his work was exactly what it appeared to be: fluorescent tubes, commercial hardware, and colour in space. That directness is what makes the exhibition so effective. At David Zwirner Hong Kong, Grids asks visitors to slow down, stand in the glow, and watch how simple industrial light can completely change a room. Dan Flavin’s Grids is on view at David Zwirner Hong Kong, H…