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Learn about James Turrell, a pioneer of light and space art, who created Roden Crater, a massive observatory in Arizona. Explore his biography, artworks, and influences on Wikiart.org, a visual art database.
- American
- May 6, 1943
- Los Angeles, United States
Turrell, who turns 78 this year, has spent half a century challenging the conventions of art. While most of his contemporaries work with paint, clay or stone, Turrell is a sculptor of light.
James Turrell (born May 6, 1943) is an American artist known for his work within the Light and Space movement. He is considered the "master of light" [2] often creating art installations that mix natural light with artificial color through openings in ceilings thereby transforming internal spaces by ever shifting and changing color.
James Turrell: Light Reignfall, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, May 29, 2016–May 29, 2017. James Turrell, Pace Prints, New York, May 13–July 29, 2016. James Turrell: 67 68 69, Pace Gallery, 32 East 57th Street and 534 West 25th Street, New York, May 6–June 18 (extended through July 29), 2016.
A fighter pilot with a degree in psychology, Turrell's earliest installations used a slide projector to beam light onto the surface of the walls of an empty room. The effect owed much to the work of Color Field painters ( Rothko in particular), and expanded the definition of art to include light-filled spaces.
- American
- May 6, 1943
- Los Angeles
James Turrell is an American artist known for his large-scale, immersive light installations. Interested in all aspects of human perception, among the most famous and ambitious of Turrell’s works is Roden Crater (1977–present), an ongoing project of transforming a natural Arizona crater into a naked-eye observatory.
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Poster for James Turrell, Hayward Gallery (1993) by Hayward Gallery Hayward Gallery. Since the late 1960s, the American artist James Turrell has made installations, or ‘perceptual environments’, using natural or artificial light as his raw material. When the Hayward Gallery held a solo exhibition of Turrell’s work in 1993, it was the ...
