Who is james turrell

The Pasadena Art Museum mounted a one-man show of his Projection Pieces, created with high-intensity projectors and precisely modified spaces, in Mendota Stoppages, a series of light works created and exhibited in his Santa Monica studio, paired Projection Pieces with structural cuts in the building, creating apertures open to the light outside.

These investigations aligning and mixing interior and exterior, formed the groundwork for the open sky spaces found in his later Skyspace, Tunnel and Crater artworks. With no object, no image and no focus, what are you looking at? You are looking at you looking. What is important to me is to create an experience of wordless thought. For full functionality of this website, it is necessary to enable Javascript in your web browser. Ostflidern, Germany: Hatje Cantz Verlag, Kamien, Kazhden, Adina, ed.

Jerusalem: The Israel Museum, 21, illustrated. Primary Atmospheres: Works from California — exhibition catalogue. Text by Dave Hickey. New York: David Zwirner, 28—31, illustrated. Text by Susan Tallman and Deborah Wye. Zurich: Parkett Publishers, —, illustrated.

Hess Art Collection. Texts by Donald M. Hess and Myrtha Steiner. Germany: Hatje Cantz, illustrated, 18—21, — Greenwich: Bruce Museum, James Turrell: Geometry of Light exhibition catalogue. Ostfildern, Germany: Hatje Cantz Verlag, illustrated. James Turrell: The Wolfsburg Project exhibition catalogue. Ostfildern, Germany: Hatje Cantz Verlag, Milan: Skira Editore, Louis Vuitton: Art, Fashion and Architecture.

New York: Rizzoli, —, illustrated. Marzio, Peter C. Shanken, Edward A. Art and Electronic Media. London: Phaidon Press Ltd. New York: Guggenheim Museum Publications, illustrated. In-Finitum exhibition catalogue. Acton, Mary. Torino, Italy: Piccola Biblioteca Einaudi, , illustrated.

The Panza Collection exhibition catalogue. Texts by Giuseppe Panza and Evelyn C. Washington, D. Stockholm: Moderna Museet , Stockholm, , , illustrated.

Tokyo: The National Art Center, ; , illustrated. Art Works: The Progressive Collection. Texts by Dan Cameron, Peter B. Collins, Judith. Sculpture Today. London: Phaidon Press Limited, , , , , illustrated.

Dreishpoon, Douglas and David Bonetti. Buffalo: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, , 17, 18, illustrated. Harper, Glenn and Twylene Moyer. Conversations on Sculpture. Italy: Marsilio, Panza, Giuseppe. Giuseppe Panza: Memories of a Collector. Translated by Michael Haggerty. New York: Abbeville Press Publishers, Artempo: Where Time Becomes Art exhibition catalogue. Antipodes exhibition catalogue. Texts by John B. Ravenal, Paula Feldman, Kathleen Forde et al.

Baume, Nicholas, ed. Super Vision exhibition catalogue. Boston: Institute of Contemporary Art, illustrated. Gehring Ulrike. Bilder aus Licht. James Turrell im Kontext der amerikanischen Kunst nach Heidelberg: Kehrer, Invisible Might: Works from to exhibition catalogue.

Text by Adrian Dannatt. New York: Foundation 20 21, Text by Andrew Graham-Dixon. London: The Art Fund, James Turrell: A Life in Light exhibition catalogue. Paris: Somogy Publishing, Varnedoe, Kirk.

Walker, Barry. Houston: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, , , , —, illustrated; —, discussed. Bishop, Claire. Installation Art: A Critical History. London: Tate Publishing, 56, 84— Rencontres 9: James Turrell. Interview by Almine Rech. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, Chancel, Philippe. The Face of Art. Milan: 5 Continents Editions srl, , illustrated.

James Turrell: Projection Works —69 exhibition catalogue. Text by David Anfam. London: Albion, New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, —, illustrated. Installations——Mattress Factory——— James Turrell: Into the Light exhibition catalogue.

Introduction by Barbara Luderowski and Michael Olijnyk. Interview with the artist by Jim Lennox. Pittsburgh: Mattress Factory, Noever, Peter, ed.

James Turrell: The Other Horizon exhibition catalogue. Texts by Daniel Birnbaum et al. James Turrell: Infinite Light exhibition catalogue. Texts by Tracey R. Bashkoff, et al. New York: Guggenheim Museum Publications, Celant, Germano and Susan Cross. The Guggenheim Museum exhibition catalogue. Guggenheim Museum, James Turrell: Lighting a Planet. Ostfildern, Germany: Hatje Cantz, Reading California: Art, Image, and Identity , — exhibition catalogue.

James Turrell : Rencontres 2. James Turrell: Cross Cut exhibition catalogue. James Turrell: Eclipse exhibition catalogue.

Waxing Poetic: Encaustic Art in America exhibition catalogue. Causey, Andrew. Sculpture Since Oxford: Oxford University Press, , illustrated. James Turrell: Spirit and Light exhibition catalogue. Texts by Lynn M. Herbert, John H. Lienhard, J. Pittman McGehee and Terence Riley. Houston: Contemporary Arts Museum, The Age of Modernism, Art in the 20th Century exhibition catalogue.

Stuttgart: Hatje Verlag Interview by Yuko Hasegawa. Saitama: Museum of Modern Art, Contemplation, Five Installations exhibition catalogue. James Turrell: Celestial Vault in the Dunes exhibition catalogue. Schweben: Antigrav in der Plastik exhibition catalogue. Contemporary Drawing: Exploring the Territory exhibition catalogue. Aspen, Colorado: Aspen Art Museum, James Turrell: Red Shift exhibition catalogue. After Art: Rethinking Years of Photography exhibition catalogue.

Inspired by Nature exhibition catalogue. Text by Daniel Birnbaum. Stockholm: Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, On a Clear Day exhibition catalogue. Text by Carmen Schliebe and Markus Stegmann. Baden-Baden, Germany: Staatliche Kunsthalle, 31, illustrated. Denver, Colorado: Denver Art Museum, Azur exhibition catalogue. Holborn, Mark, ed. James Turrell, Air Mass exhibition catalogue.

London: South Bank Centre, Lyons: Biennale d'art contemporain, Configuracions Urbanes exhibition catalogue. James Turrell: Perceptual Cells exhibition catalogue. James Turrell: Sensing Space exhibition catalogue. Jahrhundert exhibition catalogue. Basel: Auslieferung, Stampa, Wick, Oliver. London: Turske Hue-Williams Ltd.

Helfenstein, Josef and Christoph Schenker, eds. James Turrell: First Light exhibition catalogue. Ostfildern: Edition Cantz, James Turrell: Change of State exhibition catalogue. Frankfurt: Friedman Guinness Gallery, Rothschild, Deborah Menaker, ed. Der Traum vom Fliegen in der Kunst der Moderne exhibition catalogue.

Stuttgart: Cantz, Berkeley: University of California, New York: Museum of Modern Art, Boulder, Colorado: Boulder Art Center, Los Angeles: Museum of Contemporary Art, Departures: Photography — exhibition catalogue.

James Turrell: A la levee du soir exhibition catalogue. Text by Craig Adcock. Tallahassee: Florida State University, Smith exhibition catalogue. Restany, Pierre, ed. James Turrell: Roden Crater exhibition catalogue. Flagstaff: Museum of Northern Arizona, Pomona College Alumni Exhibition exhibition catalogue. Claremont, California: Montgomery Gallery, New York: Peter Blum Edition, Tucson: University of Arizona, Museum of Art, Public and Private: American Prints Today exhibition catalogue.

Rosenzweig, Phyllis D. Directions Brown, Julia, ed. Occluded Front: James Turrell exhibition catalogue. Houston: Menil Collection, Groningen, The Netherlands: Groningen Museum, Santa Monica: Welton Becket Associates, James Turrell: Light Spaces exhibition catalogue.

San Francisco: Capp Street Project, Cope, Maurice E. James Turrell: Jida: An Installation exhibition catalogue. James Turrell, Batten: An Installation exhibition catalogue. Three Installations by James Turrell exhibition catalogue. Millin, Laura J. James Turrell: Four Light Installations exhibition catalogue.

The 74th American Exhibition exhibition catalogue. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, Drawing Distinctions, American Drawings of the Seventies exhibition catalogue. Munich: Prestel, Amherst, Massachusetts: University of Massachusetts, Brecher, Kenneth and Michael Feirtag, eds.

Astronomy of the Ancients. Haskell, Barbara, ed. James Turrell: Light and Space exhibition catalogue. Venice: La Biennale di Venezia, —, illustrated. University of California, Irvine, — exhibition catalogue. Carterette, Edward C. Friedman, eds. Handbook of Perception, Vol. New York: Academic Press, New York: Viking Press, Art and Technology exhibition catalogue.

Kubler, George. Merleau-Ponty, Maurice. The Phenomenology of Perception. Translated by Colin Smith. New York: The Humanities Press, James Turrell has dedicated his practice to what he has deemed perceptual art, investigating the materiality of light.

Exhibitions View All. Journal View All. Artist Projects Support Light Feb 07, Catalogue James Turrell, P. James Turrell Group Exhibitions.

Merging Bridges , Yarat! Catalogue Faster! Singapore Biennial , Singapore, September 4—November 12, Catalogue Gemini G. Catalogue Transform: BildObjektSkulptur im Group exhibition, Museum fur Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Group exhibition, Indianapolis Museum of Art, March Catalogue Group exhibition, Pasadena and Amsterdam, — James Turrell Periodicals.

Cohn, Alison S. Garcia, Cynthia. Herbert, M. Stolz, George. Krepler, Ute. Glover, Michael. Hong, Catherine. Bowles, Hamish. Shore, Robert. Cramer, Ned. Harris, Jane. Graphis September—October : Henry, Clare. Lynch, Sheila. Francblin, Catherine. Johnson, Phil. Ryan, Raymund. Cash, Stephanie. Hoggard, Liz. Meluish, Clare. Saatchi, Doris Lochart. Shamash, Diane. Cousins, Mark. Knapp, Gottfried. Laaksonen, Esa.

MacCormac, Richard. Walden, Gert. Bonami, Francesco. Hall, Charles. Stein, Judith E. Morgan, Ann Lee. Art Journal 51 : 99— Nanjo, Tumo. Smith, Richard. Hall, James. Domus November : ix—x. Malina, Roger F. Leonardo Sobchack, Vivian Carol. Artforum October : Waterman, Daniel. Gablik, Suzi. New Art Examiner 17 : Piguet, Philippe. Pontello, Jacqueline M. Schenker, Christoph. Flash Art , no. Arts Review 38, 14 March — Evans, Robin.

Lawrence, Leone. Cecil, Sarah. Kelley, Jeff. Maza, Michael. Zone, Ray. Tarbell, Roberta K. Timinski, Janice. Doll, Nancy. Weekly , 6 May Hogart, Tina. Kentro, Linda and Judy Kleinberg. Lipsius, Frank. Zimmerman, William.

Brooks, Chris. Burns, Sarah. Cheek, Lawrence W. Garmel, Marion. Koplos, Janet. Levin, Kim. Marzorati, Gerald.

Matta, Marianne. Sharp, Christopher. Von Meier, Kurt. James Turrell Books and Catalogues. James Turrell Books. Ways of Seeing exhibition catalogue. Istanbul: Arter, Space for Art, Painting Beyond Pollock. London: Phaidon Press Limited, Schmidt, Jason. Artists II. The Contemporary Art Masters. Japan: Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha, —, illustrated. Pasina, Irene. Luce di Interni. Milan: FrancoAngeli s. Klein, Kelly. Pools Reflections. New York: Rizzoli, illustrated.

Tiberghien, Gilles A. Land Art. Text by Miwon Kwon. London: Gagosian Gallery, Berlin: Revolver, Schauwerk Sindelfingen. Milan: Edizioni Charta, illustrated. Heartney, Eleanor. Collection Art Contemporain. James Turrell, Slow Dissolve. Hannover: Sprengel Museum, Tempe, Arizona: Siguara Publishing, Paris: Minuit, Basel: Galerie Beyeler, Dream Machines exhibition catalogue. London: Hayward Gallery, James Turrell: House of Light. Heading back to the crater by daylight, however, Turrell turns from artist into rancher as he spots a pair of dusty cowboys driving a small herd of cattle toward us along the rutted, red-dirt road.

He brakes the pickup, waiting for his ranch foreman and a young hand to ride up. Turrell has been away for more than a month, working on a project in Japan. For a few minutes, the man who contemplates celestial events thousands of years in the future talks about drought, coyotes and falling cattle prices.

His inspiration for the project, he says, is ancient archaeological sites, including the early naked-eye observatories built by the 16th-century astronomer Tycho Brahe in Denmark.

Partway up to the rim Turrell parks the truck near a gaping hole in the side of the crater, the mouth of a steel-andconcrete tunnel that goes through its depths and ends up in its bowl, which is higher than the place we are standing now. We enter the tunnel and step into a round antechamber that awaits the installation of a foot-tall slab of white marble.

Turrell conjures up a foot image of the moon projected feet underground. At first, walking uphill through the tunnel, which is nearly as long as three football fields, the sky appears as a small circle of light that grows larger as you get closer to it.

Orienting it precisely to align with celestial events took years of calculations, made by retired U. It seems like the kind of tunnel often described in near-death experiences, or the sort of hole in the earth from which the first people emerged into light in the origin myths of the Hopi and other indigenous peoples.

As you near the end of the tunnel, however, you forget about myths. With every step, you see the shape of the opening changing from a circle into an ellipse. An ellipse seen at a certain angle will appear as a circle. He lives in a modest ranch house about 30 miles from the crater with his partner, Korean-born artist Kyung-Lim Lee, 45, who often puts down her own paintbrush to feed the livestock or answer the studio phone when Turrell is away.

He was a math whiz before showing any artistic talent. When he did turn to art, he supported himself by flying small crop-dusting and mail planes over Southern California, and by restoring antique cars and vintage airplanes. In , as a young artist in Ocean Park, California, where older painters Richard Diebenkorn and Sam Francis had studios a block away, Turrell rented the two-story Mendota Hotel, where he covered all the windows and painted the walls, floors and ceilings white.

At the time, other California artists, among them Robert Irwin, Larry Bell and Bruce Nauman, were also working with the effects of light on various materials. And though Roden Crater is often described as Land Art, Turrell feels his antecedents are the ancient architects who built structures that brought light in from outside to create an event inside. When Turrell is not working on the crater, he tries to keep up with an ever-increasing demand for his installations from collectors, museums and galleries.

Psychologists have put subjects in sensory deprivation chambers, intense light boxes and other strange environments to probe the nature and limits of perception. The most spectacular Pittsburgh installation is a foothigh sphere called Gasworks. It looks something like an MRI diagnostic machine, and you lie flat on your back on a gurney while a white-coated attendant slides you into the sphere.