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James Turrell
Light Reignfall2011

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Large-scale gallery installation featuring a riveted metal sphere with a glowing blue portal, a cylindrical tube, a white kiosk with laptop, and a wide staircase
Large-scale installation in a gallery space featuring a riveted metal sphere mounted on a cylindrical base, with a dark stepped staircase leading up to an entry point. In the foreground, a white podium-like structure with a horizontal cylindrical component and a computer monitor on top, accompanied by a transparent chair.
Installation view of a gallery space with white walls and curved archway. Four black-and-white photographs hang on the left wall; in the foreground, a white metal frame structure holds a row of cylindrical white tubes, lit from within. Blue neon light illuminates the arched alcove at right.
Artist or Maker
James Turrell
United States, California, Los Angeles, born 1943
Title
Light Reignfall
Date Made
2011
Medium
Fiberglass, steel, and neon light
Dimensions
Dimensions variable
Credit Line
Gift of Hyundai Motor as part of The Hyundai Project: Art + Technology at LACMA in honor of the museum's 50th anniversary
Accession Number
M.2016.92
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
Contemporary Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Gifts on the Occasion of LACMA's 50th Anniversary. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2015.
  • Gadassik, Alla. "Perceptual Cells: James Turrell's Vision Machines Between Two Paracinemas." Leonardo 49, no.4 (2016): 306-316.
  • "James Turrell: Light Reignfall: LACMA, Los Angeles: May 29, 2016-May 29, 2017." Almine Rech Gallery Newsletter no.18 (2016): 103.