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Light and Space

With the passing of Thomas Kinkade I thought I would take some time to discuss an artist who truly does work with light. James Turrell forms paintings and sculptures from natural and transmitted light, both mono- and polychromatic. Turrell’s work emphasizes the wonder of light, given the vast expanses of darkness in our Universe and uses the very spiritual connotations we often have of light. I will let Turrell’s words speak for his art, but first a quote by Hartmut Bohme that Turrell has used to describe his work



“We live in an age of consummate remoteness from God”



“There’s something about light which science cannot quite fully encompass or reduce”



“People think I change the sky, but I don’t. I change the context of vision so that we see the sky more intensely”



“I want people to experience vintage light, not just sunlight which is only eight and a half minutes old”



“I want people to realize that light is precious”

Artwork in descending vertical order: Rise, Ganzfeld Piece, Dhtu, Blue Planet Sky, Roden Crater East Portal Skyspace, Night Passage

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Make 2015 the International Year of Light

2015 will a big year for light:

200 year anniversary of Fresnel’s theory that light is a wave

150 year anniversary of Maxwell’s electromagnetic theory of light

100 years since General Relativity showed that light is the center of space and time

50 years since finding the Cosmic Microwave Background, the afterglow of the Big Bang

To support this effort PhysicsWorld has sponsored a wonderful science/art photo competition celebrating light: http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/indepth/48805