James Turrell: Unit 4

James’ art is mostly based on light and the universe. James plays with the different forms and gradations of light and brings into a grander scale. The first art piece of his I saw was a room illuminated with ever changing colors of light. I thought that was an amazing thing. If I could I would have a bedroom where the soft light is illuminated on one wall and changes periodically. Also, James does a lot of land art. I don’t think people understand as I do the amount of studying and times, and consistent hard work that goes into creating half of his land art. His crater is absolutely breathtaking from above, and from earth. I am extremely interested in physics, the cosmos, and the earth. I think it is absolutely amazing that he has created this crater that has a tunnel that allows you to visually see the orbit of the earth. Most art is simply made, and then left to be admired by the audience. His land art is ever changing, and his land art has to be altered yearly by his team in order to serve certain purposes. It humans an amazing experience, and illusion with the outer space. This is not simply art, it a beautifully merging of art, and science.