Born in Los Angeles and a resident of Arizona, James Turrell is a builder with light, a sculptor of large-scale installation, conceptual pieces that allow viewers to have interactive experiences with... Read full biography
Born in Los Angeles and a resident of Arizona, James Turrell is a builder with light, a sculptor of large-scale installation, conceptual pieces that allow viewers to have interactive experiences with light. One of his major pieces is at the site of the Roden Crater, an inactive volcano on land... Read full biography
Born in Los Angeles and a resident of Arizona, James Turrell is a builder with light, a sculptor of large-scale installation, conceptual pieces that allow viewers to have interactive experiences with light. One of his major pieces is at the site of the Roden Crater, an inactive volcano on land owned by Turrell near Flagstaff, Arizona. He is transforming the crater from the inside out into a light observatory. Turrell attended Pomona College in California, majoring in psychology, art history,... Read full biography
Born in Los Angeles and a resident of Arizona, James Turrell is a builder with light, a sculptor of large-scale installation, conceptual pieces that allow viewers to have interactive experiences with light. One of his major pieces is at the site of the Roden Crater, an inactive volcano on land owned by Turrell near Flagstaff, Arizona. He is transforming the crater from the inside out into a light observatory. Turrell attended Pomona College in California, majoring in psychology, art history, and mathematics and then graduated from the University of California in 1966 and from Claremont Graduate School in 1973. In 1998, he received the Arizona Governor's Artist Award. Of Turrell's use of light, it was written: "he seeks not to enhance... Read full biography
Born in Los Angeles and a resident of Arizona, James Turrell is a builder with light, a sculptor of large-scale installation, conceptual pieces that allow viewers to have interactive experiences with light. One of his major pieces is at the site of the Roden Crater, an inactive volcano on land owned by Turrell near Flagstaff, Arizona. He is transforming the crater from the inside out into a light observatory. Turrell attended Pomona College in California, majoring in psychology, art history, and mathematics and then graduated from the University of California in 1966 and from Claremont Graduate School in 1973. In 1998, he received the Arizona Governor's Artist Award. Of Turrell's use of light, it was written: "he seeks not to enhance light, but simply to reveal its place in our singular lives, in the history of human kind stretching... Read full biography
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About James Turrell: Books
Books & Publications (33)
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Southwest Art History Conference Abstracts, 1996-2013
2014
Fahlman, Betsy (Editor)
217 pages (color)
An Eclectic Eye: Selections from the Dan Leach Collection (Exhibition catalog)
2007
Julie Sasse
165 pages (color)
Earthworks and Beyond: Contempory Art in the Landscape
2006
Beardsley, John
239 pages
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
James Turrell Into the Light
2002
Luderowski, B and Olijnyk, M
0 pages (color)
Faces of Arizona A Tribute to Arizona Artists and Patrons
1999
Sarda, Michel F
207 pages
California Art: 450 Years of Painting & Other Media
1998
Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall
560 pages (color)
American Visions The Epic History of Art in America
1997
Hughes, Robert
635 pages (color)
Visual Arts in the 20th Century
1997
Lucie-Smith, Edward
400 pages (color)
True Colors The Real Life of the Art World
1996
Haden-Guest, Anthony
344 pages (color)
American Images/The SBC Collection of 20th Century American Art
1996
Hopps, Walter (others)
320 pages (color)
Art of the Postmodern Era From the Late 1960s to the Early 1990s
1996
Sandler, Irving
636 pages (color)
Historical Painting Techniques, Materials, and Studio Practices
1996
Wallert, Arie, Emma Hermens and Marja Peek
204 pages (color)
Art Since 1940 Strategies of Being
1995
Fineberg, Jonathan
496 pages (color)
Art Today
1995
Lucie-Smith, Edward
512 pages (color)
Visions of America Landscape as Metaphor in the Late 20th Century (Exhibition catalog)
1994
Friedman, Martin (et al)
256 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993
Bowker R R
1,473 pages
American Art in the 20th Century Painting and Sculpture 1913-1993 (Exhibition catalog)
1993
Joachimides, Christos (others)
490 pages (color)
Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes
1993
Kostelanetz, Richard
246 pages
Contemporary Art 1965-1990
1992
Kurtz, Bruce D
256 pages (color)
James Turrell The Art of Light and Space
1990
Adcock, Craig
272 pages (color)
Nothing If Not Critical Selected Essays on Art and Artists
1990
Hughes, Robert
429 pages
First Impressions Early Prints by Forty-six Contemporary Artists (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Armstrong, Elizabeth
149 pages (color)
Contemporary Artists (3rd Edition)
1989
Naylor, Colin (editor)
1,059 pages
Inside the L A Artist
1988
Marrow, Marva
104 pages (color)
James Turrell The Roden Crater Project (Exhibition catalog)
1986
Adcock, Craig
60 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
Cinquante Ans de Dessins Americai 1930-1980 (Exhibition catalog)
1985
Ecole Nationale/Beaux-Arts
290 pages (color)
American Artists: An Illustrated Survey of Leading Contemporary Americans