James Turrell I Magic of the light

Exhibition at Museum Frieder Burda until October 28th 2018

What spiritual effect does electric light have? Those who immerse themselves in James Turrell's light rooms will have a magical experience: the coloured light makes the room appear infi nite. With ”The Substance of Light”, the Frieder Burda Museum is presenting an exhibition of the work of the artist, who was born in Los Angeles in 1943.

Turrell can use coloured light to create spaces and objects that transform – almost like a hallucination – into cubes or pyramids; the work of art is only created in the viewer's perception. The exhibition combines Turrell's most famous groups of works with more recent works that have never been shown before. A special highlight: the huge Ganzfeld light room, which caused a sensation at the Venice Biennale 2011.

Picture: James Turrell, Ganzfeld APANI (Venice Biennial 2011), 2011, Installation, LED, 16 x 12 x 6m, © James Turrell; photo: Florian Holzherr.