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James Turrell — Thought as Thing
James Turrell

Thought as Thing

2025

A luminous oval form glows with ethereal cyan and blue light against a neutral gray wall, its soft edges creating an immersive void like presence. The work employs computer programmed LED technology to generate a pure, dematerialized light source that hovers within a fiberglass aperture, inviting contemplation of perception itself. The color field transitions subtly from bright cyan at the perimeter to deeper blue at the center, producing an optical effect that seems to expand and contract with the viewer's gaze. Characteristic of the artist's decades long investigation into light, space, and phenomenological experience, this work continues a lineage of immersive abstraction that treats visibility and invisibility as material concerns.

Medium
Computer-programmed LED panel, fiberglass aperture and mixed media
Overall

Notes

Elliptical aperture, 116-minute cycle. Part of the ongoing Glassworks series; each work is unique.

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James Turrell, Thought as Thing, 2025

A luminous oval form glows with ethereal cyan and blue light against a neutral gray wall, its soft edges creating an immersive void like presence. The work employs computer programmed LED technology to generate a pure, dematerialized light source that hovers within a fiberglass aperture, inviting contemplation of perception itself. The color field transitions subtly from bright cyan at the perimeter to deeper blue at the center, producing an optical effect that seems to expand and contract with the viewer's gaze. Characteristic of the artist's decades long investigation into light, space, and phenomenological experience, this work continues a lineage of immersive abstraction that treats visibility and invisibility as material concerns.

Medium
Computer-programmed LED panel, fiberglass aperture and mixed media
Dimensions
overall: 152.4 x 106.7 cm
Year
2025
Seen at
Almine Rech, New York, NY

Related themes

Cyan Blue, Light Installation, Luminous Object, Conceptual Art, Digital Media, Immersive Experience, Space and Light, American Artist, Color Field, Optical Art, Museum Scale, Abstract Form, Contemporary Art, Phenomenological Art, Perception Studies, LED Technology, Contemporary Installation, Dematerialization, Minimalism, Frieze Presentation

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Alex Capecelatro