 | California artist James Turrell has achieved something of the status of a secular saint in today’s jaded art world. Having relocated to the high desert outside Flagstaff Arizona in the late '70s, he has spent the thirty years attempting to turn an extinct volcanic crater into the world’s largest art installation, braving endless challenges of money, weather, and earth-moving. Along with this colossal and as-yet-uncompleted project, he has continued to create the much smaller light and space installations for which he is best known, in various venues here and abroad. Among his most loyal champions is Richard Andrews, currently the director of the Henry Art Gallery, which is hosting a new show of Turrell’s work. |
