Light and Space – 5 examples

The best of James Turrell’s Ganzfelds

With an art career that began in the 1960s, James Turrell is a common name in art circles for his extensive works. He has an obvious fascination with light that is projected in the way he materialized the concept of light. The general style of Turrell is a combination of two grand ideas; even non-traditional […]

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Does James Turrell’s pool installation awe you?

James Turrell has always awed us with his out of the world light art. Since his first creations 48 years ago, he has never looked back. His designs have ever been on another level. Turrell combines architecture, technology, and artistry to build awesome designs. He cites his work as a mission to enhance people’s visual

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What makes Bruce Nauman’s neons poetic & provocative?

Sculptures / 4 minutes of reading

As one of the most well-known artists to emerge during the 1960s, Bruce Nauman has racked up a great reputation over the years thanks to his use of different media throughout his long and illustrious career. Utilizing a range of media that consists of performance art, photography, video installations and sculpture, Nauman has become known

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Doug Wheeler’s Synthetic Desert at Guggenheim – 46 years in the making

Installations / 2 minutes of reading

Over 40 years ago, a leading Light and Space artist called Doug Wheeler imagined an art project that resembled the tranquility you would experience if you travelled to an expansive desert such as the one in Arizona. For a long time, the idea only existed on paper due to the amount of resources it required

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Olafur Eliasson’s Weather Project – Everything you should know

Environmental Art, Installations / 4 minutes of reading

Olafur Eliasson has created a gigantic installation which in 2003 took overall space in Tate Modern, London. The artwork, a sun rising out of a mist, was bound to keep any visitor in awe. In this project named The Weather Project, the Scandinavian artist recreated the sun and the sky to occupy the Turbine Hall.

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