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James Turrell: PaceWildenstein, New York.

Artforum International,  February, 2004  by Funcke, Bettina

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Since 1966, when he transformed his Santa Monica studio into an artwork by meticulously arranging natural and artificial light sources, James Turrell has made works composed almost exclusively of light cast on, around, and into architectural spaces: open-air rooms for viewing the changing sky, darkened spaces into which light emanates through window-like apertures, and large-scale walk-in environments.

Descriptions of these works generally oscillate between metaphysical references, in which Turrell's use of light is seen in terms of Platonic, supranatural illumination of eternal ...

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