James Turrell. The Wolfsburg Project. Mit einem Essay von Peter Weber und Beiträgen von Richard Andrews, Markus Brüderlin, Esther Barbara Kirschner und Annelie Lütgens. (Publikation anlässlich der Ausstellung im Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg vom 24. Oktober 2009 bis 5. April 2010).

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ISBN 10: 3775724559 / ISBN 13: 9783775724555

Published by Ostfildern, Hatje Cantz, 2009

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Farbig illustrierter Vorsatz, farbiges Frontispiz, 177 S. mit über 140 Abbildungen, farbig illustrierter Nachsatz. Alle Texte in deutsch und englisch / all texts in german and englisch. - Zustand: Sehr gut. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1700 25 x 31 cm, weißer Orig.-Pappband, gebunden, mit Rücken- und Deckeltitel und farbig illustriertem Orig.-Schutzumschlag.

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• Title: James Turrell. The Wolfsburg Project. Mit einem Essay von Peter Weber und Beiträgen von Richard Andrews, Markus Brüderlin, Esther Barbara Kirschner und Annelie Lütgens. (Publikation anlässlich der Ausstellung im Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg vom 24. Oktober 2009 bis 5. April 2010).
• Publisher: Ostfildern, Hatje Cantz
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: German
• ISBN 10: 3775724559
• ISBN 13: 9783775724555
• Binding: Hardcover
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Weight: 1700 grams
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

James Turrell (born 1943) has been working with light in all its manifestations since the 1960s. Moving beyond the purely scientific investigation of optical phenomena, his works are designed to induce extraordinary experiences for the viewer, through the manipulation of light and color. The artist has been pursing this aim since 1974, when he began transforming the Roden Crater-an extinct volcano in the Arizona desert-into an observatory, inside of which visitors can immerse themselves in the embrace of an unusually pure experience of light. Turrell is currently realizing his largest installation to date in the 18-by-30-meter hall at the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg. This work resembles the Roden Crater project, inverted and rotated 90 degrees; it thus provides a foretaste of Turrell's still incomplete epic masterpiece. This richly illustrated publication documents and contextualizes the genesis of this extraordinary and ambitious work of art.

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James Turrell (1943 in Los Angeles) has been working with all of the manifestations of light since the sixties. Moving beyond the scientific investigation of optical phenomena, his works open up the dimensions of spiritual experience. The artist has been pursing this aim since 1974, when he began transforming Roden Crater-an extinct volcano in the Arizona desert---into an observatory. Inside this multipartite environment, visitors can immerse themselves in the totality of light. Turrell is currently realizing his largest installation to date in the 17-by-40-meter hall at the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg. This Ganzfeld Piece resembles the crater, everted androtated 90 degrees. Thus the Wolfsburg installation provides a foretaste of Turrell's still incomplete, epic work in Arizona. This richly illustrated publication with essays by Richard Andrews, Markus Bruderlin, Esther Barbara Kirschner, Annelie Lutgens, and Peter Weber documents, among other things, the genesis of this new work of art.