James Turrell: Immersions in Light

James Turrell1943– | American | Installations; Land Art

Turrell produces gallery installations and tunnel projections that are light-filled spaces. He wants to capture the physical reality (rather than the symbolic) of light and space. In Turrell, the viewer is asked to move about, and becomes so involved and absorbed that you experience a different level of consciousness (spiritual or cosmic).

James Turrell

Skyspace I, 1974

Lunette, 1974

KEY WORKS: Lunette, 1974 (New York, Guggenheim Museum); Night Passage, 1987 (New York, Guggenheim Museum)