Light and Space

ライト・アンド・スペース / 1960s– / Style / Perceptual Art

The Southern California movement that takes light itself, spatial perception and the limits of vision as material. Turrell's openings to the sky and Irwin's scrims make the act of seeing the artwork.

Objects erased / Rooms filled with light / Thresholds of perception / Apertures to the sky

Light and Space — タレル スカイスペース『Three Gems』（CC BY-SA 4.0）Light and Space — 『Deer Shelter Skyspace』（CC BY-SA 2.0）
タレル スカイスペース『Three Gems』（CC BY-SA 4.0） ／ 『Deer Shelter Skyspace』（CC BY-SA 2.0）

Dictionary entry

Best used for
Comparing primary sources and canonical works · Extracting principles that transfer to other media
Type
Observe the letters, signs and scale of reference works
Composition
Extract the one structure that governs gaze and information
Material
Verify the materials and behaviors specific to era, region and process
Caution
Don't reduce it to surface signs. Verify the context of era, region, technology and makers.
Further study
James Turrell / Robert Irwin / the Pacific Standard Time exhibitions

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