- Turrell is an artist known for his work with light. His pieces were not about light but rather just light itself. - He is famous for his sky spaces where he creates enclosed spaces that frame the sky. - Turrell describes his work in the following terms: “My work has no object, no image and no focus. With no object, no image and no focus, what are you looking at? You are looking at you looking. What is important to me is to create an experience of wordless thought” ![[Afrum I - James Turrell.png]] --- Turrell’s work is not about light or a record of light; “it is light—the physical presence of light made manifest in sensory form” (Tomkins 2003). His medium as an artist is pure light, and as a result, his work offers profound revelations about the perception and materiality of light. - [[Reductionism in Art and Brain Science]]