Un’altra
grande proposta da Pace London dal prossimo 7 Febbraio fino al 5 Aprile, si tratta
di un intervento di James Turrell nei maestosi spazi del Burlington Gardens di Londra,
sicuramente un’altra fantastica emozione di luce.
Press Release:
Pace London is honoured to present an exhibition of work
by James Turrell from 7 February to 5 April 2014 at 6 Burlington Gardens. Turrell
is among the most influential artists of the past fifty years and Pace is proud
to continue its long commitment to the artist stretching back to 1967. This is the
gallery’s sixth exhibition of his work following his unprecedented concurrent museum
exhibitions at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, Los Angeles County
Museum of Art (LACMA, on view until 6 April 2014), and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
For over three decades, Turrell has used light and indeterminate
space — not objects, nor images — to extend and enhance perception. Turrell’s inspiration
draws from astronomy, physics, architecture and theology.
Turrell’s first solo exhibition at Pace London features
two never-before-seen works from the Wide Glass series staged in site-designed chambers
on the ground floor of the gallery. Works from this series were recently included
in the LACMA’s exhibition. Each Wide Glass work is unique and features an aperture
with a frosted and curved glass surface animated by an array of sophisticated LED
lights. With these new works, Turrell continues his exploration of technological
possibilities combined with sensory practices, and invites the viewer to a meditative
experience.
“I am really interested in the qualities of one space sensing
another. It is like looking at someone looking. Objectivity is gained by being once
removed. As you plumb a space with vision, it is possible to ‘see yourself see’.
This seeing, this plumbing, imbues space with consciousness.” James Turrell.
Also displayed in the exhibition are two works from the
Tall Glass series: Sojourn (2006), presented in the downstairs gallery between the
two Wide Glass works, and Sensing Thought (2005), upstairs. Each piece from this
series is constructed to create a tangible and physical plane of light. The artist
has likened the processional development of colours to a musical system utilising
themes and gradient tones. The physical construction of these works relates to the
earlier series entitled Shallow Space Constructions from the late 1960s and early
1970s.
NOTES TO EDITORS
James Turrell (b. 1943, Los Angeles) attended Pomona College,
where his studies concentrated on psychology and mathematics. Since 1966, he has
created art works made primarily out of light. In 1973 he received a Master's degree
in Art from Claremont Graduate School. His work is represented in international
public collections including the Tate Modern, London; Los Angeles County Museum
of Art; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York;
Whitney Museum, New York; Chichu Art Museum, Naoshima Island, Japan; The Museum
of Modern Art, New York; and the Israel Museum, Jerusalem. The James Turrell Museum
opened in Colomé, Argentina in 2009. His solo exhibitions include Stedelijk Museum,
Amsterdam (1976); Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (1980); Israel Museum
(1982); Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (1984); MAK, Vienna (1998–99); Mattress
Factory, Pittsburgh (2002–03); and Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany (2009–10). In
2011, Pace and the Garage Center for Contemporary Art organized a major retrospective
of Turrell’s work in Moscow.
In May and June 2013, the Los Angeles County Museum of
Art (LACMA), the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), and the Solomon R. Guggenheim
Museum in New York concurrently presented three separate exhibitions highlighting
the achievements of James Turrell. Independently curated by each presenting institution,
the three simultaneous and complementary exhibitions together offered a full sense
of Turrell’s oeuvre, and explored different facets of his five-decade career. Audiences
at all three exhibitions were able to see and experience an unprecedented range
of his work—from a retrospective in Los Angeles, to work from the extensive permanent
collection and commissions in Houston, to a monumental site-specific installation
in New York. The LACMA exhibition was on view from 26 May – 4 April 2013; the MFAH
exhibition from 9 June – 22 September 2013; and the Guggenheim exhibition from 21
June – 25 September 2013.
Pace
Pace is a leading contemporary art gallery representing
many of the most significant international artists and estates of the 20th and 21st
centuries. Founded by Arne Glimcher in Boston in 1960 and led by Marc Glimcher,
Pace has been a constant, vital force in the art world and has introduced many renowned
artists’ work to the public for the first time. Pace has mounted more than 700 exhibitions,
including scholarly exhibitions that have subsequently travelled to museums, and
published nearly 400 exhibition catalogues. Today Pace has seven locations worldwide:
four in New York; two in London; and one in Beijing. Pace London inaugurated its
flagship gallery at 6 Burlington Gardens with the exhibition Rothko/Sugimoto: Dark
Paintings and Seascapes, 4 October – 17 November 2012.
Pace London at 6 Burlington Gardens is open to the public
from Tuesday to Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
