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The Wall Street Journal reports on a new museum dedicated to the work of “light and earth” artist James Turrell, in a remote part of Argentina. A Swiss collector has been buying and commissioning Turrell’s work since the 60s.

(via CMU 2nd Year Studio Blog)

I love how Donald M. Hess, the collector who created the museum, explains his fascination:

Why would someone work with light? Light is the essence of life. Every painter tried to paint light, but James Turrell doesn’t paint light, he wants to work with light.

I think that’s also what attracts me to his work. Same thing with Olafur Eliasson, another one of my favorite artists working with the raw materials of sense and perception.

The Wall Street Journal reports on a new museum dedicated to the work of “light and earth” artist James Turrell, in a remote part of Argentina. A Swiss collector has been buying and commissioning Turrell’s work since the 60s.

(via CMU 2nd Year Studio Blog)

I love how Donald M. Hess, the collector who created the museum, explains his fascination:

Why would someone work with light? Light is the essence of life. Every painter tried to paint light, but James Turrell doesn’t paint light, he wants to work with light.

I think that’s also what attracts me to his work. Same thing with Olafur Eliasson, another one of my favorite artists working with the raw materials of sense and perception.