James Turrell
Los Angeles, California 1943
Photo © Florian Holzherr
... the great master of light-true light, not the illusory light of painting-has made light visible. He allows us to know light, to truly perceive it.
James Turrell, Letter about Villa Scheibler, Bonn Project, Cascina Taverna, Cathedral, Villa Panza and Scotland, undated. Panza Collection, Mendrisio. Photo Alessandro Zambianchi, Milano.
James Turrell, Virga, 1974. Natural and fluorescent light, Site-specific dimensions, room: 373,4 x 445 x 943 cm; Skylight: 2 cuts, each 447 x 30 cm. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Panza Collection, Gift, 1992, on permanent loan to FAI Fondo Ambiente Italiano, Villa Panza, Varese. Photo Alessandro Zambianchi, Milano
James Turrell, Sky Space I, 1974. Overhead portal cut to outside sky, interior filled with natural light and neon light, Site-specific dimensions, room: 599,4 x 360,7 x 360,7 cm; cut: 254 x 254 cm. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Panza Collection, Gift, 1992, on permanent loan to FAI Fondo Ambiente Italiano, Villa Panza, Varese. Photo Alessandro Zambianchi, Milano
James Turrell, Lunette, 1974. Vertical portal cut to outside sky, interior filled with natural and warm white neon light, Site-specific dimensions, hallway: 248,9 x 250 x 1483,4 cm; cut: 91 x 200 cm. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Panza Collection, Gift, 1992, on permanent loan to FAI Fondo Ambiente Italiano, Villa Panza, Varese. Photo Alessandro Zambianchi, Milano