James Turrell's Ethereal 'Glasswork' Illuminates Almine Rech Paris
On view at the gallery’s Matignon location until December.
To coincide with the upcoming Art Basel Paris, Almine Rech has unveiled a new solo exhibition of works by legendary Light and Space artist James Turrell. Path Taken will comprise of a new light work from Turrell’s Glassworks series, first started in 2004, but whose research dates as far back as the 1960s.
Deceptively simple, the central work on view challenges viewers’ perception of space through a translucent rectangular piece that gradually changes in hue through an LED over the course of an hour. “When people speak about light they use for description a ‘vocabulary of light’: near death experience, religious transformation, spiritual journeys…” Turrell recalled in a 2004 interview. “My work is about the thingness of light itself, feeling the light, there is no religious message! Gold has no value except as we give it. We are very casual about light, cavalier. Light is not ephemeral, it is a material, photons are matter. They exhibit wave phenomena just as water.”
Also on view is Carine Asscher’s 1995 film, Passageways, which probes into the inner workings of Turrell’s career, as well as a lesser-seen bronze sculpture and large-scale drawing created by the Flagstaff, Arizona-based artist. Path Taken will be on view in Paris until December 21, 2024.
Almine Rech
18 Av. Matignon,
75008 Paris, France
