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My desire is to set up a situation to which I take you and let you see. It becomes your experience.
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Light is not so much something that reveals, as it is itself the revelation.
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My works are about light in the sense that light is present and there; the work is made of light. It's not about light or a record of it, but it is light. Light is not so much something that reveals, as it is itself revelation.
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Light is a powerful substance. We have a primal connection to it. But, for something so powerful, situations for its felt presence are fragile... I like to work with it so that you feel it physically, so you feel the presence of light inhabiting a space.
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James Turrell
Born:
May 6, 1943
(age 81)
Bio:
James Turrell is an American artist primarily concerned with light and space. Turrell was a MacArthur Fellow in 1984.
Known for:
The Light Inside (1999)
Acton (1976)
Bridget's Bardo (2008)
Open Sky Garden (1991)
Stuck Red/Stuck Blue (1970)
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