James Turrell - The Light Inside, 1999 (The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston TX) 2017
In the mid-1960s James Turrell pioneered a new concern with the phenomena of space and light, often referred to as the Light & Space Movement. Turrell sought not to depict light but to use light itself as his material, and his earliest works investigated the effects of artificial light. He also developed a number of installations that heightened the relationship between light and the architectural frame. The MFAH commissioned Turrell’s The Light Inside for the underground tunnel linking the museum's Caroline Wiess Law Building with the Audrey Jones Beck Building when the latter opened in 2000. The Light Inside turns the walls of the tunnel into vessels for conducting light. An expanded version of his earlier explorations of light in his Shallow Space Construction series, Turrell’s The Light Inside is an all-encompassing environment. Transcending the traditional confines of built spaces, The Light Inside acts as both a passage and a destination. The raised walkway guides visitors forward and gives them the sense of floating in space, while the changing cycle of illumination (which shifts from blue, to crimson, to magenta) further invites contemplation. The Light Inside makes the experience of moving between the Law and the Beck Buildings not only an exploration of light and space, but also a profound and awe-inspiring experience.
This is my tunnel: James Turrell: The Light Inside
Arts InSight: James Turrell
Artist James Turrell gives a tour of his Houston installations.
James Turrell: A Retrospective
James Turrell: A retrospective
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
from 13 December 2014
James Turrell: A retrospective explores the artist’s work over almost 50 years, bringing together projection pieces, built spaces, holograms, drawings, prints and photographs. It surveys his life work, Roden Crater, a naked eye observatory in an extinct volcano on the edge of the Painted Desert, Arizona. The exhibition also celebrates the National Gallery’s Skyspace, Within without 2010, a viewing chamber that affects our perception of the sky.
Since the 1960s Turrell has made art from light. His interior works and external installations use a range of fluorescent, tungsten, fibre-optic, LED and natural light. This exhibition follows three highly successful shows throughout 2013—at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Guggenheim in New York. It brings together works from LACMA's tour, with spectacular installations purpose-built for Canberra.
James Turrell's Aten Reign inside Frank Llloyd Wright's Guggenheim
Here you can see the colors fading unlike the other video. The yellow is fading into pure daylight that looks gray and white. Quite hypnotizing.
James Turrell, Aten Reign, 2013.
James Turrell's first exhibition in a New York museum since 1980 focuses on the artist's groundbreaking explorations of perception, light, color, and space, with a special focus on the role of site specificity in his practice. At its core is Aten Reign (2013), a major new project that recasts the Guggenheim rotunda as an enormous volume filled with shifting artificial and natural light. One of the most dramatic transformations of the museum ever conceived, the installation reimagines Frank Lloyd Wright's iconic architecture—its openness to nature, graceful curves, and magnificent sense of space—as one of Turrell's Skyspaces, referencing in particular his magnum opus the Roden Crater Project (1979-- ). Reorienting visitors' experiences of the rotunda from above to below, Aten Reign gives form to the air and light occupying the museum's central void, proposing an entirely new experience of the building. Other works from throughout the artist's career will be displayed in the museum's Annex Level galleries, offering a complement and counterpoint to the new work in the rotunda. Organized in conjunction with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, James Turrell comprises one of three of major Turrell exhibitions spanning the United States during summer 2013. This exhibition is curated by Carmen Giménez, Stephen and Nan Swid Curator of Twentieth-Century Art, and Nat Trotman, Associate Curator, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
James Turrell Meeting at MoMa PS1 - TIMELAPSE
James Turrell permanent exhibit Meeting at MoMa PS1 in Queens, NY. This is a 3X sped up version of the color change, original footage I took was around 3mins 20secs.
Note that this exhibit can be seen only when it's not raining or snowing, so, plan accordingly. Also, the middle square is a literal hole in the roof, therefore, when visiting in winter, make sure you're bundled up to enjoy the installment. I'd recommend to stay there for some 20 mins to enjoy different varying color changes.
James Turrell mesmerizing installation inside Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim
The Guggenheim matched up Frank Lloyd Wright's architecture with James Turrell's artistic vision, a perfect marriage. This quick video shows Turrell's Aten Reign (2013), the largest indoor installation to date. As multiple colors fade in and out I was able to catch the hot pink rays. A total experience.
James Turrell's first exhibition in a New York museum since 1980 focuses on the artist's groundbreaking explorations of perception, light, color, and space, with a special focus on the role of site specificity in his practice. At its core is Aten Reign (2013), a major new project that recasts the Guggenheim rotunda as an enormous volume filled with shifting artificial and natural light. One of the most dramatic transformations of the museum ever conceived, the installation reimagines Frank Lloyd Wright's iconic architecture—its openness to nature, graceful curves, and magnificent sense of space—as one of Turrell's Skyspaces, referencing in particular his magnum opus the Roden Crater Project (1979-- ). Reorienting visitors' experiences of the rotunda from above to below, Aten Reign gives form to the air and light occupying the museum's central void, proposing an entirely new experience of the building. Other works from throughout the artist's career will be displayed in the museum's Annex Level galleries, offering a complement and counterpoint to the new work in the rotunda. Organized in conjunction with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, James Turrell comprises one of three of major Turrell exhibitions spanning the United States during summer 2013. This exhibition is curated by Carmen Giménez, Stephen and Nan Swid Curator of Twentieth-Century Art, and Nat Trotman, Associate Curator, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.