Sky Window.
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Title |
Sky Window. |
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Alternative Title |
Sky Window I. |
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Creator |
Turrell, James (American sculptor, born 1941) |
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Date |
1975 |
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Cultural Context |
American
North American |
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Style/Period |
Contemporary |
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Subject |
Installations (Art)
Site-specific installations (Art)
Ceilings
Windows
Skylights
Light
Lighting |
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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) |
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Material |
Skylight and interior ambient light
Light (energy) |
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Work Type |
Installations (visual works)
Sculpture |
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Repository |
Guiseppe Panza di Biumo Collection (Varese, Italy) |
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Source |
Hopkins, David. After Modern Art: 1945-2000. Oxford History of Art. Oxford; New York: Oxford UP, 2000. (p.148, fig.74) |
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Rights |
Photo credit/reproduced in Hopkins courtesy: Collection Guiseppe Panza di Biumo, Varese, Italy. |
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Digital Publisher |
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center |
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Format |
image/jpeg |
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Digital File Name |
VRC 827-47.jpg |
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