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Title
Sky
Window
.
Alternative Title
Sky
Window
I
.
Creator
Turrell, James (American sculptor, born 1941)
Date
1975
Cultural Context
American
North American
Style/Period
Contemporary
Theme
Installations (visual works)
Sculpture (visual work)
Architecture (object genre)
Architectural elements
Ceilings
Windows
Skylights
Openings (architectural elements)
Rectangles
Light (energy)
Lighting
Views from below
Subject
Sculpture
Architecture
Architectural elements
Ceilings
Windows
Skylights
Light
Lighting
Description
"
While
producing
works
like
this,
Turrell
also
embarked
on a
major
project
in
1972
which
involved
purchasing
, and
subsequently
modifying
, an
extinct
volcanic
crater
located
in
northern
Arizona
. This
'Roden
Crater'
project
has
connections
with
Land
Art
.
However
,
Turrell's
modifications
,
which
involved
him in
cutting
tunnels
and
adjusting
the
crater's
bowl
, were
ultimately
geared
towards
orchestrating
awesome
effects
of
light
and
space
.
Such
god-like
manipulations
distinguish
him from
Land
Artists
such
as
Robert
Smithson
though
not
perhaps
from
Walter
De
Maria.
"
(Caption
,
p.148)
; "
Robert
Irwin
and
James
Turrell's
'Light
and
Space
Movement'
,
formed
in
Los
Angeles
in the
late
1960s
, was
dedicated
to
sensitizing
spectators
to the
mysteries
of
natural
light
.
Such
effects
took
some
stage-managing
and
Turrell
eventually
dedicated
himself
to
creating
Sky
Window
installations
throughout
the
1970s
and
1980s
,
consisting
of
rectangular
apertures
in the
ceilings
of
rooms
,
through
which
ineffable
changes
in the
sky's
luminosity
or
chromatic
density
could
be
experienced
in
relation
to
controlled
lighting
conditions
.
Works
such
as these are
intended
to
engender
experiences
of
ethereal
otherworldliness
[…].
"
(Excerpt
,
pp.148-149)
Material
Skylight and interior ambient light
Light (energy)
Work Type
Installations (visual works)
Sculpture
Repository
Guiseppe Panza di Biumo Collection (Varese, Italy)
Source
Hopkins, David. After Modern Art: 1945-2000. Oxford History of Art. Oxford; New York: Oxford UP, 2000. (p.148, fig.74)
Rights
Photo credit/reproduced in Hopkins courtesy: Collection Guiseppe Panza di Biumo, Varese, Italy.
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format
image/jpeg
Digital File Name
VRC
827-47.jpg
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