Roger Mclain review of James Turrell
This article
tells of a retrospective by the light and space artist James Turrell. The
critic (Christopher Knight) describes several pieces in the show and also gives
a short history of the genre. He gives credit to Robert Irwin and
Doug Wheeler for being mentors to Mr. Turrell. Mr. Knight believes “Afrum and “Raemar”
are the strongest pieces but finds “Juke” less successful. There are also
several paragraphs describing Mr. Tureell’s early works and a brief summation of
his career. I believe his sentences describe the show well. For example: “a wide, floating wall that
becomes a screen for subtle optical effects produced by eyes fatigued by
surrounding pink fluorescent light.” And, because of the nature of this show that is not easy
to do. But I did have a small irritancy to an over use of unless adjectives
such as “slightly” and “rather.”
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