Following
James Turrell’s three U.S.-museum retrospective this past summer, the artist’s work is once again on display, this time at Pace London. For those who were not able to see the U.S. exhibitions, Pace Gallery wanted to bring the work to London so that audiences in the United Kingdom could also experience some of Turrell’s work firsthand.
While this is the sixth time the gallery has showcased Turrell’s work, this is the first time it has done so as a solo show. On display are two installations that are part of the artist’s
Tall Glass works--
Sojourn (2006) and
Sensing Thought (2005)--and two never-before-seen pieces from his
Wide Glass series, which are “staged in site-designed chambers on the ground floor of the gallery”. Some works from this series are also on view as part of the exhibition “James Turrell: A Retrospective,” at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), which runs through April 6.
Turrell’s
Wide Glass works feature an aperture with a frosted and curved glass surface illuminated (back lit) by LEDs. With this work, “Turrell continues his exploration of technological possibilities combined with sensory practices, and invites the viewer to a meditative experience.” In contrast, Turrell’s
Tall Glass pieces are “constructed to create a tangible and physical plane of light.” This work finds its roots in the artist’s series Shallow Space Constructions from the late 1960s and early 1970s.
"James Turrell: Recent Works," at Pace London (
pacegallery.com), 6 Burlington Gardens, W1S 3ET, is on view through April 5. Entrance is free.
Elizabeth Donoff is Editor-at-Large of Architectural Lighting (AL). She served as Editor-in-Chief from 2006 to 2017. She joined the editorial team in 2003 and is a leading voice in the lighting community speaking at industry events such as Lightfair and the International Association of Lighting Designers Annual Enlighten Conference, and has twice served as a judge for the Illuminating Engineering Society New York City Section’s (IESNYC) Lumen Award program. In 2009, she received the Brilliance Award from the IESNYC for dedicated service and contribution to the New York City lighting community.
Over the past 11 years, under her editorial direction, Architectural Lighting has received a number of prestigious B2B journalism awards. In 2017, Architectural Lighting was a Top Ten Finalist for Magazine of the Year from the American Society of Business Publication Editors' AZBEE Awards. In 2016, Donoff received the Jesse H. Neal Award for her Editor’s Comments in the category of Best Commentary/Blog, and in 2015, AL received a Jesse H. Neal Award for Best Media Brand (Overall Editorial Excellence).
Prior to her entry into design journalism, Donoff worked in New York City architectural offices including FXFowle where she was part of the project teams for the Reuters Building at Three Times Square and the New York Times Headquarters. She is a graduate of Bates College in Lewiston, Me., and she earned her Master of Architecture degree from the School of Architecture at Washington University in St. Louis.
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