My work is about your seeing. There is a rich tradition in painting of work about light, but it is not light -- it is the record of seeing. My material is light, and it is responsive to your seeing.
Light is a powerful substance. We have a primal connection to it. But, for something so powerful, situations for its felt presence are fragile . . . … - James Turrell
Light is a powerful substance. We have a primal connection to it. But, for something so powerful, situations for its felt presence are fragile . . . …
- James Turrell
The Meeting is actually like the Gunpowder Meeting, or some of the earlier American Quaker MeetingsThe long house form is something that was traditio… - James Turrell
The Meeting is actually like the Gunpowder Meeting, or some of the earlier American Quaker MeetingsThe long house form is something that was traditio…
My work is about your seeing. There is a rich tradition in painting of work about light, but it is not light -- it is the record of seeing. My materi… - James Turrell
My work is about your seeing. There is a rich tradition in painting of work about light, but it is not light -- it is the record of seeing. My materi…
My desire is to set up a situation to which I take you and let you see. It becomes your experience. - James Turrell
My desire is to set up a situation to which I take you and let you see. It becomes your experience.
We create the reality in which we live. - James Turrell
We create the reality in which we live.
With no object no image and no focus, what are you looking at? You are looking at you looking. - James Turrell
With no object no image and no focus, what are you looking at? You are looking at you looking.
Science strives for answers, but art is happy with a good question. - James Turrell
Science strives for answers, but art is happy with a good question.
The sky is no longer out there, but it is right on the edge of the space you are in. The sense of colour is generated inside you. If you then go outs… - James Turrell
The sky is no longer out there, but it is right on the edge of the space you are in. The sense of colour is generated inside you. If you then go outs…
We eat light, drink it in through our skins. With a little more exposure to light, you feel part of things physically. I like feeling the power of l… - James Turrell
We eat light, drink it in through our skins. With a little more exposure to light, you feel part of things physically. I like feeling the power of l…
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