James Turrell
- Introduction
- James Turrell (born May 6, 1943) is an American artist primarily concerned with Light and Space. Turrell was a MacArthur Fellow in 1984. Turrell is best known for his work in progress, Roden Crater, a natural cinder cone crater located outside Flagstaff, Arizona, that he is turning into a massive naked-eye observatory.
- Wikidata
- Q740966
- Introduction
- Turrell's work deals predominantly with creating spaces that challenge both the viewer's physical and psychological perception of the world, often using lighting with fixed durations or concealed light, empty space, silence, and darkness. He studied psychology and mathematics at Pomona College in Claremont California from 1962-1965, and took a course in fine art at the University of California, Irvine from 1965-1966. His first works were set up in studio or exhibition spaces, where he created geometric shapes on bare walls using cross-projected halogen lights. Many of his works were to reach beyond the gallery, and in 1977 he purchased the Roden Crater, and extinct volcano in Flagstaff, Arizona. Scheduled to be completed in 2002, the work will lead the viewer inside the crater and through a series of walkways and staircases to rooms that feature different ways to view the crater and sky above, emphasizing, the space, stillness, and silence of nature.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Installation Artist, Sculptor
- Names
- James Turrell, James Archie Turrell
- Ulan
- 500009338
Exhibitions
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James Turrell: Meeting
Ongoing
Other installation
MoMA PS1
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New to the Print Collection: Matisse to Bourgeois
June 13, 2012–
January 7, 2013 MoMA
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September 11
September 11, 2011–
January 9, 2012 MoMA PS1
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Take Two. Worlds and Views: Contemporary Art from the Collection
September 14, 2005–
March 21, 2006 MoMA
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Reopening: Installations and Projects
October 29, 1997–
February 1, 1998 MoMA PS1
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James Turrell has 10 exhibitionsonline.
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James Turrell Music for the Mendota 1969
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James Turrell Music for the Mendota 1969
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James Turrell Music for the Mendota 1969
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James Turrell Meeting 1980-86/2016
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James Turrell Squat, Juke, Carn, Alta (for Parkett no. 25) 1990
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James Turrell Parkett no. 25 1990
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James Turrell First Light 1989-90
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James Turrell Meeting from First Light 1989-90
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James Turrell Shanta from First Light 1989-90
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James Turrell Catso from First Light 1989-90
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James Turrell Afrum from First Light 1989-90
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James Turrell Munson from First Light 1989-90
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James Turrell Squat from First Light 1989-90
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James Turrell Raethro from First Light 1989-90
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James Turrell Alta from First Light 1989-90
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James Turrell Gard from First Light 1989-90
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James Turrell Carn from First Light 1989-90
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James Turrell Acro from First Light 1989-90
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James Turrell Ondoe from First Light 1989-90
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James Turrell Phantom from First Light 1989-90
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James Turrell Juke from First Light 1989-90
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James Turrell Sloan from First Light 1989-90
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James Turrell Fargo from First Light 1989-90
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James Turrell Decker from First Light 1989-90
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James Turrell Joecar from First Light 1989-90
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James Turrell Enzu from First Light 1989-90
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James Turrell Tollyn from First Light 1989-90
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James Turrell Pale Reshaped Bowl 1992
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James Turrell Frontal Passage 1994
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