Art review: The light through James Turrell’s eyes
“James Turrell: A Retrospective” is a bit like a dinner party at which the guest of honor is absent. Turrell’s art resonates with the 1839 invention of photography, sometimes called “the art of fixing shadows.” The long arc of camera history exploded in the 1960s, when Turrell’s work began to coalesce. “Afrum,” the mesmerizing and beautiful projection piece in the second gallery, shows how conceptually dizzying Turrell’s best work can be. PHOTOS: James Turrell, shaper of light Visually, the projection reads multiple ways: It’s a flat hexagon of light, a three-dimensional illusion of a protruding cube and an actual receding corner of the room. christopher.knight@latimes.com ----------------------------------------- ‘James Turrell: A Retrospective’ Where: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles When: Through April 6, 2014.
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