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Inspiration: James Turrell Skypace Exhibit

Always on the lookout for neat things to do in Los Angles we stumbled across this permanent exhibit at the Pomona College Museum of Art. We love spending cozy Fall evenings beneath the stars and The Turrell Skyspace is the perfect way to accomplish that. Let's look at the interesting ways James Turrell architecturally plays with light.

While the Skyspace opened last year, we heard that Pomona College plans on making it part of their permanent collection. We love the fact that it's free to the public too. Viewing time is up to you but it's best to go 30 minutes before sundown or plan on rising early and seeing the show 100 minutes before sunrise. It's also open daily but is least congested on Sundays and Mondays.

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[Images from Pomona College Museum of Art]

Comments (6)

That's a pretty cool installation - rather forward thinking for 1965.

posted by bepsf on September 3rd 2008 at 2:38pm
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Turrell's work is incredible. There's a Skyspace in Seattle at the Henry Gallery...

http://www.henryart.org/skyspace.htm

And if you haven't read about the Roden Crater, you should:

http://www.lasersol.com/art/turrell/roden_crater.html

posted by liseah on September 3rd 2008 at 2:51pm
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I love his work!
I was lucky enough to go to the Roden Crater and get a tour of the place from Turrell. It was definitely one of those once in a lifetime, will-never-forget kind of experiences.

posted by hessilou on September 3rd 2008 at 3:39pm
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Dear Mr. Terrell:

Could you replicate this in my living room?

Thanks,

Madam Pince

posted by madampince on September 3rd 2008 at 4:05pm
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Ok this alone is worth a trip to Pomona. I love James Turrell.

I first saw an installation of his at what use to be called the Temporary Contemporary that was downtown, past Japan Town in LA it a very cool space that was suppose to be a temporary spot for the museum and I think this was around 1986-87?
He had this white white room and the way the light was positioned it felt like the room was receding and you were falling into it, very brilliant.

The weakest of his work is at the de Young in SF which is such a shame.

He was suppose to of been commissioned by
Richard Meier for the new Getty to do much of the exterior landscaping which would of been something for sure.

posted by LoriSF on September 3rd 2008 at 8:32pm
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As long as you're there, both Pomona and Scripps colleges are great places to see some beautiful architecture too. Wish I could say the same for the other Claremont colleges.

posted by leskat on September 4th 2008 at 9:21am
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