James Turrell

I saw the light in Naoshima

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You’d think that a New Yorker wouldn’t succumb easily to urban claustrophobia. But when I finally got to the fields and mountains of rural southern Japan — three trains and four hours later — the sense of relief and calm I felt were palpable. I was making a pilgrimage to Naoshima (pronounced NOW-she-muh), an island […]

James Turrell: Painting with Light