James Turrell: A Retrospective

 Since he burst onto the LA art scene back in the late 1960s, James Turrell has been thrilling and mystifying viewers worldwide with his abstract statements in light. Explore the oeuvre of this Light and Space Movement artist in James Turrell: A Retrospective. Published in conjunction with the artist’s major retrospective exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, this stunning volume catalogs the artist’s diverse nad exciting body of work in ten chapters, from his early geometric light projections, prints and drawings, through his sensory deprivation and colored light field installations, to his more recent two-dimensional hologram experiments. Also included is an in-depth look at the sketches, models and plans behind Turrell’s ever-evolving magnum opus at Roden Crater — an extinct volcano near Flagstaff, Arizona that he has been transforming into a naked-eye observatory since 1975. These works are all captured in specially commissioned photography from Florian Holzherr, whic