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Norfolk’s Houghton Hall to welcome artist James Turrell for major exhibition
16 May 2015, 07:58 am
Norfolk, may 15 (NITN): Houghton Hall in Norfolk, east England, will welcome the work of acclaimed artist James Turrell this summer, as he creates a site-specific light work to illuminate the entire west façade of the stately home.
The light display will feature as part of a major exhibition of his work, LightScape: James Turrell at Houghton, which will open to the public on7 June and run until 24 October 2015. Many of the light pieces exhibited have been collected by the Marquess of Cholmondeley, owner of Houghton.
Further exhibition highlights will include two major works installed in the grounds at Houghton: the ‘Skyspace' Seldom Seen, 2004 is a wooden viewing chamber rising into the canopy of surrounding trees, lit from inside with a square aperture open to the sky; and the ‘Space Division', St Elmo's Breath, 1992 which is housed in an 18th-century water tower in the park. Other works featured in the exhibition will include light projections from the 1960s, holograms and a work from the ‘Tall Glass' series.
Built by Britain's first Prime Minister Sir Robert Walpole in the 1720s, Houghton Hall is one of the finest Palladian houses in Britain, with interiors by William Kent. In 2013, Lord Cholmondeley staged a groundbreaking reconstruction of Sir Robert Walpole's picture collection, which had been sold in its entirety to Catherine the Great in 1779.
James Turrell is widely acknowledged as one of the most important artists working today.
From the mid-1960s onwards his principal concern has been the way we experience light and space. He has had numerous museum shows including highly acclaimed retrospectives at LACMA in Los Angeles, the MFAH in Houston, and the Guggenheim New York (2013).
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