James Turrell, Zug Zuoz

This publication is devoted to the relationship between two contrasting works by light artist James Turrell ( 1943 in Los Angeles): Architectures of Light and Skyspaces, which explore the encounter between the architectural interior and the natural world outdoors. The focus here is on a permanent installation, Light Transport, which, at night, immerses the Zug train station in different colors, and the Skyspace Piz Uter in Zuoza plain, round structure made of stone, with a circular opening in its roof. These two works are used as examples of how Turrells art unfolds, depending on whether it is in an urban or a natural space, and to show what sort of conclusions about his concept of art can be drawn from this. This extensive, carefully illustrated volume provides the viewer/reader with an experiential journey between the borders of seeing.

Summary

This publication is devoted to the relationship between two contrasting works by light artist James Turrell (*1943 in Los Angeles): Architectures of Light and Skyspaces, which explore the encounter between the architectural interior and the natural world outdoors. The focus here is on a permanent installation, Light Transport, which, at night, immerses the Zug train station in different colors, and the Skyspace Piz Uter in Zuoz—a plain, round structure made of stone, with a circular opening in its roof. These two works are used as examples of how Turrell’s art unfolds, depending on whether it is in an urban or a natural space, and to show what sort of conclusions about his concept of art can be drawn from this. This extensive, carefully illustrated volume provides the viewer/reader with an experiential journey between the borders of seeing.

Product details

• Assisted by: Florian Holzherr (Photographer), Florian Holzherr (Photographs), James Turrell (Illustration), Matthias Haldemann (Editor), Matthias Haldenmann (Editor), Kunsthaus Zug (Editor), Walter A. B (Editor), Walter A. Bechtler-Stiftung (Editor)
• Publisher: Hatje Cantz Verlag
• Languages: German
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.05.2010
• EAN: 9783775726023
• ISBN: 978-3-7757-2602-3
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 218 mm x 293 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 1036 g
• Illustrations: m. 90 Farbabb.
• Series: Zeitgenössische Kunst
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Plastic arts; Moderne Kunst; Bildbände, Monographien, Lichtkunst, Turell, James, Lichtinstallation