Research Catalog

Title

James Turrell / Carmen Giménez, Nat Trotman.

Publication

New York : Guggenheim, [2013]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Giménez, Carmen
• Trotman, Nat
• Zajonc, Arthur
• Turrell, James
• Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, host institution
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art, host institution
• Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, host institution

Description

127 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 31 cm

Summary

James Turrell's first exhibition in a New York museum since 1980 focuses on the artist's groundbreaking explorations of perception, light, color, and space, with a special focus on the role of site specificity in his practice. At its core is 'Aten Reign' (2013), a major new project that recasts the Guggenheim rotunda as an enormous volume filled with shifting artificial and natural light. One of the most dramatic transformations of the museum ever conceived, the installation reimagines Frank Lloyd Wright's iconic architecture - its openness to nature, graceful curves, and magnificent sense of space - as one of Turrell's Skyspaces, referencing in particular his magnum opus the 'Roden Crater Project' (1979-). Reorienting visitors' experiences of the rotunda from above to below, 'Aten Reign' gives form to the air and light occupying the museum's central void, proposing an entirely new experience of the building. Exhibition: The Solomon R. Guggenheim, NYC, USA (21.6.-25.9.2013).

Subject

• Turrell, James > Exhibitions
• Turrell, James. > Exhibitions
• Light in art > Exhibitions
• Site-specific installations (Art) > New York (State) > New York > Exhibitions

Note

• Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, N.Y., June 21-September 25, 2013. Concurrent exhibitions held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, May 26, 2013-April 6, 2014 and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 9-September 22, 2013.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Under the volcano / Carmen Giménez -- Eye in the sky / Nat Trotman -- Liberating light: a contemplative and scientific encounter / Arthur Zajonc -- Early works -- Aten reign -- Roden crater -- List of works.

Call Number

JQG 13-691

ISBN

• 9780892074884 (hbk.)
• 0892074884 (hbk.)

OCLC

851825910

Title

James Turrell / Carmen Giménez, Nat Trotman.

Publisher

New York : Guggenheim, [2013]

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Added Author

Giménez, Carmen, author.

Trotman, Nat, author.

Zajonc, Arthur, author.

Turrell, James. Works. Selections.

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, host institution.

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, host institution.

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, host institution.

Research Call Number

JQG 13-691