Academy Art Museum Hosts James Turrell’s Perspectives

James Turrell, Aqua De Luz, Tixcacaltuyub, Yucatan, Copyright James Turrell, Photo by Ed Krupp.

The Museum will host the exhibition, James Turrell Perspectives, concurrent with the artist’s retrospectives at the Guggenheim Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and the Los Angeles County Museum.  James Turrell is an internationally-acclaimed light and space artist whose work can be found in collections worldwide. Over more than four decades he has pursued his fascination with the phenomena of light to create striking works that play with the perception and the effect of light within a created space.  Beginning in 1974, Turrell has been converting and extinct volcano in Arizona, Roden Crater, into a monumental work of art. The exhibit will be available through July, 7.

James Turrell Perspectives will provide a context for understanding Turrell’s work. The artist, who resides part time on the Eastern Shore, and his team are collaborating fully on the project. The exhibition consists of three parts, an introductory overview, a gallery of holograms, and a site specific Aperture Space. Together these three parts will focus on Turrell’s fascination with both the mechanics of visual perception and the metaphysics of light. The exhibition, organized by Museum Director Erik Neil and Curator Anke Van Wagenberg, is underwritten in part by the Dedalus Foundation, The Ravenal Foundation, the Talbot County Arts Council and the MD State Arts Council, as well as Thomas and Robin Clarke and Robert and Marsha Lonergan.

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