7 Light Art Pieces Worthy of the Spotlight
Light is typically viewed as a medium to illuminate an object in one way or another and not so much the real object of appreciation. These works give light the recognition it deserves as the source of all visual culture.
While most product design that involves lighting is redundantly considered “light design” it really isn’t so much about light but about the structure that supports the lighting source.
Light is a major influence in human culture, from religion to science and art. While it definitely plays one of the major roles in all visual arts, from painting to film and even architecture and design, lighting has tended to be simply a medium to illuminate the subject in one way or another and not so much the real object of appreciation.
Light most certainly deserves recognition and to be itself the “object” of art, since, without it, no other visual art could even exist. That’s why we decided to share the work of 7 contemporary artists that bring light into the spotlight.
Ganzfeld by James Turrel
American artist James Turrel is one of the most extraordinary artists working today. All of his works have in common this interest in the luminous and what it can do to the viewer.
Since Turrel’s art as no image, object and no focus, what are you left with? With you seeing yourself seeing. The wonder of human perception and experience of wordless thought.
Turrell creates a similar experience of “Ganzfeld”: a German word to describe the phenomenon of the total loss of depth perception as in the experience of a white-out.
Check some more works from James Turrel below:
