Let There Be LIGHT




James Turrell is an artist and a philosopher when it comes to his speciality light. BBC did a video on his work that premiers the Goldstein Skyspace and Roden Crater. James Turrell was awarded in 1984 with a genius award from the MacArthur Foundation for his work that shows "exceptional merit and promise for continued and enhanced creative work."

Goldstein Skyspace - "Above Horizon"
Goldstein Skyspace like many of Turrell's works is about observing the evening and morning sky through an opening inside a space created to perceive the natural light in the reality that it is presented. He saturates the sky room with bright displays of color and the sky changes; or our visual perception changes of the sky color based on the space in light displayed.

Roden Crater is an extinct volcano that Turrell has bought in his endeavor to transform the inner cone into a celestial sky oculus. His work and life have been devoted in part to building Roden Crater and it is has been an ongoing construction for the last 40 years and and it looks like a magnificent work of art on a scale with its grandeur. Unfortunately it is not yet open to the public and looks like a few more years before I'll get to experience the place for myself (see facebook page).





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