James Turrell
American artist known for work with light / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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James Turrell (born May 6, 1943) is an American artist known for his work within the Light and Space movement.[1] He is considered the "master of light"[2] often creating art installations that mix natural light with artificial color through openings in ceilings thereby transforming internal spaces by ever shifting and changing color.
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Born | (1943-05-06) May 6, 1943 (age 81) |
Alma mater | Pomona College University of California, Irvine Claremont Graduate University |
Known for | Installation art |
Notable work | Roden Crater, Acton |
Movement | Light and Space |
Website | jamesturrell |
Much of Turrell's career has been devoted to a still-unfinished work, Roden Crater, a natural cinder cone crater located outside Flagstaff, Arizona, that he is turning into a massive naked-eye observatory; and for his series of skyspaces, enclosed spaces that frame the sky.[3]
Turrell was a MacArthur Fellow in 1984.