James Turrell in the Center for Contemporary Culture Garage
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On Saturday, June 11, Center Garage submit solo exhibition of one of the most significant contemporary artists James Turrell . A collection of his works include sculptures, holograms and installations, which are a catalyst for the viewer in his knowledge of the phenomenon of perception. Capturing and emphasizing the quality of light, Turrell creates works that need to feel, not just to see.
Centre for Contemporary Culture Garage," is Russia's first solo exhibition of one of the most important contemporary artists - James Turrell. Retrospective of the American artist includes 40 years of his work, including his early experiments with light projections of 1960 and presented here for the first time the special installation "Ganzfild (Purusha) and the Camera of perception (light drop rule)".
< br /> Turrell is engaged in the creation of art objects from the light and space in 1960. For almost fifty years he has developed an extensive collection of works, which includes sculptures, holograms, installation and architectural objects. His thoughtful work is a catalyst for the viewer in his knowledge of the phenomenon of perception. Capturing and emphasizing the quality of light, fleeting and intractable substances, Turrell creates works that need to feel, not just to see.
In the center of the Garage will be presented 15 light works, including the boundless and has no image of landscape "Purusha" (2011). These latest products allow the viewer to be in the landscape, completely made of light absorbed in a clean sunbath, which generates a feeling of total loss of the space. Turrell describes this effect as a property of "feeling the eyes," as not only aesthetic but also a spiritual experience.
The interaction of external and internal world is explored in a separate, every detail thought out work "Falling light domination, where the viewer for 8-12 minutes, immersed in the visual and acoustic space with alternating streams of light that makes a connection between the light inside and outside, the light that is perceived by the eye, and what remains outside view, as in a dream.
In addition to the exhibition will feature works from the series "Construction division of space," Spatial structure of the surface "and" Locked ", and seven reflect and transmit light holograms.
also be demonstrated Several models of "autonomous entities", which is a separate cabin with interior installations "Ganzfild" or "sky space" and a central hole for the contemplation of the sky. Talking about these models, the author explains that they are only reservoirs with light, and art is in the sensations the viewer. These models and work - a point concentration of creative effort Turrell and the continuation of its most ambitious project to date - the transformation crater of an extinct volcano Arizona Roden. The crater is a monumental natural observatory with several distinctive lighting installations, which often appear in the artist models "autonomous entities".
About the artist
James Turrell was born in 1943 in Los Angeles. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in experimental psychology at Pomona College in Clairmont (California) in 1965, and then a Master of Arts graduate in Clairemont in 1973. His works are included in public collections of many museums, including London's Tate Modern museum, the Museum of Art Los Angeles County, the Guggenheim Museum in New York and the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. James Turrell museum was opened in Colom (Argentina) in 2009. Important solo exhibitions of artists held in the Amsterdam museum Stedeleyk (1976), Whitney Museum of American Art in New York (1980), the Israel Museum in Jerusalem (1982), Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles (1984), MAK Museum in Vienna (1998 - 1999), Gallery Mattress Factory in Pittsburgh (2002-2003), as well as the project Wolfsburg in the German Art Museum of Wolfsburg (2009-2010). In 2013, his ambitious retrospective will open at the same time at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Art Museum of Los Angeles County and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston.
Since 1972, Turrell is engaged in the transformation Roden crater, located on the south- the western border of Arizona Color Desert, a large-scale work of art. This work involves an immense sky, the surrounding space and the cultural component through a conductor, which acts as a light. As Roden Crater Observatory allows visitors to see celestial phenomena with the naked eye. The erection of the project is under the direction of funds and the Dia Art Skystone with the support of Lannan.
James Turrell works were exhibited in the Pace Gallery in 2002.
Curator
curator of the exhibition by James Turrell in the center of Moscow "Garage" acts by Richard Andrews. Earlier, during the two decades he served as director of Henry Art Gallery University of Washington. Prior to that, Andrews three years has been the Program Director of Fine Arts Fund of national property. He was responsible for public cultural program of Seattle Arts Commission from 1978 to 1984. Currently, Andrews is president of the Skystone, which is responsible for implementing the project of James Turrell, "Roden Crater" in northern Arizona, as well as consultant to the Bill and Melissa Gates Foundation. His interests are focused on the point of contact between society and contemporary art. To this end, he acted as a consultant and lecturer in art projects around the world. Exhibition, the curator who spoke Andrews include Systematic Landscapes by Maya Lin (2006) and Knowing Light James Turrell (2003), held in Art Gallery Henry. In 1991, Andrews has organized an exhibition and catalog produced Art Into Life: Russian Constructivism 1914-32 ("Art in Life: Russian Constructivism 1914-32), which represents an extensive study of Russian museums and private collections. He also participates in the National advisory committee Smithsonian Archives of American Art and the Advisory Council for Culture TV Project Art: 21. Besides Andrews is an assistant professor University of Washington School of Art.
The exhibition is organized with the assistance of Pace Gallery (New York).
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