In the»70s, Turrell's
first Skyspaces involved simple cuts in walls or ceilings of existing buildings that display the sky above the horizon line.
Not exact matches
Three Gems, Turrell's
first «
Skyspace» in the form of a stupa or dome, is built into a hill within the garden and features a view of the sky altered by lighting effects that will change with light and weather conditions outside.
When MoMA PS1 shut the doors to James Turrell's Meeting (1986), a large installation work in a former classroom on the third floor of the Queens institution, in 2013, it meant visitors could no longer experience the artist's
first - ever public
skyspace — the name he... Read More
The Mattress Factory was one of the
first art museums to exhibit his
Skyspace pieces and they currently have three on permanent view, according to Art News.
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art has announced the
first two works by living artists to be installed in the museum, joining its permanent collection: A «
Skyspace» by James Turrell and Lowell's Ocean, 2005 — 2008, by Mark di Suvero will grace the wooded one - hundred - acre grounds of museum, founded by a foundation of the family that owns Wal - Mart.
Fittingly, Turrell's
first solo show since 1980 in a major New York venue, in which his new site - specific work, Aten Reign (2013)-- six years in the planning — will transform the rotunda of Frank Lloyd Wright's iconic building into one of his luminous and immersive
Skyspaces, opens at the Guggenheim Museum on the summer solstice.