Known internationally for his mesmerizing light installations, James Turrell has investigated the ways we perceive light, colour and space for over forty years. His meditative works encourage a state of reflexive vision, in which one apprehends the function of ones own senses and the materiality of light. For the artists first exhibition in a New York museum since 1980, Turrell will offer such an experience through a major site-specific project for the Guggenheim, giving shape to the air and light that occupy the museums ... Read More
Known internationally for his mesmerizing light installations, James Turrell has investigated the ways we perceive light, colour and space for over forty years. His meditative works encourage a state of reflexive vision, in which one apprehends the function of ones own senses and the materiality of light. For the artists first exhibition in a New York museum since 1980, Turrell will offer such an experience through a major site-specific project for the Guggenheim, giving shape to the air and light that occupy the museums central void. Organized in conjunction with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, James Turrell comprises one third of a major retrospective exhibition spanning the United States during summer 2013. In addition to an extensive plates section featuring Turrell's early works, his magnum opus Roden Crater (1976 ), renderings for his installation for the Guggenheim rotunda, and photographs of the installation, this exhibition catalogue will include three essays. Read Less
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First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 127 pages. Published in conjunction exhibition at the The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum that ran June 21 through September 25, 2013 with concurrent exhibitions in Los Angeles, CA and Houston. Features a foreword by Richard Armstrong, acknowledgements by Carmen Gimenez and Nat Trotman along with essays by Gimenez, Trotman and Arthur Zajonc. Inclues numerous illustrations and a checklist. A fine copy in blue cloth boards. No dust jacket as issued. As new and still in the publisher's shrinkwrap.
Add this copy of James Turrell to cart. $295.00, like new condition, Sold by Design Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from New York, NY, UNITED STATES, published 2013 by Guggenheim Museum,.
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As New. This is a fine as new hardcover copy still in the publisher's shrinkwrap, unopened. Blue cloth with title in silver on the spine and embossed concentric circles on the front cover. This monograph was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum from June 21 to September 25, 2013. Edited by Carmen Gimenez. Texts by Gimenez, Nat Trotman and Arthur Zajonc. Illustrated with 100 color plates. 12" high X 10" wide, 128 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
