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Born 1943 Los Angeles, California. Known for: Conceptual sketch, light installations.
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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Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Conceptual
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Installation Art
- •Light and Space Art
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
- •Sketch, Sketching
Art Media
- •Encaustic
- •Etching, Etcher
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Pen and Ink Drawing
- •Plaster
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Post-Minimalist
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950