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The Visual Trick Behind James Turrell’s Latest LED Trip “Aten Reign”

21/06/2013

A master of perceptual manipulation, Turrell’s luminous installations are being exhibited simultaneously in three cities (...)
A master of manipulation, Turrell’s luminous installations are being exhibited simultaneously in cities this summer. Aten Reign opens at the Guggenheim today. Is there anything we take for granted more than natural light? It’s all around us and yet mostly invisible. We’re usually awestruck when we do notice the light, which may be why there are so many Instagram photos of sunsets. The artist James Turrell has devoted his career to making light more visible. And today, to coincide with the summer solstice, New York’s Guggenheim Museum is presenting a solo exhibition by the artist that debuts a new installation called Aten Reign. It transforms the conical interior of the iconic Frank Lloyd Wright building into a slowly pulsating color chamber that flattens and deepens the space, slows time, and imbues the natural light from an oculus in the ceiling with a tangible quality. It’s the only site-specific work created as part of concurrent and independently curated Turrell shows taking place this summer, and it is possibly his largest installation outside of Roden Crater, the 600-foot-tall cinder cone in Arizona that is both an art installation and a celestial observatory.Read Full Story    
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