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Celestial Vault, James Turrell 1996

Sculpture · Ockenburgh ·

Celestial Vault, James Turrell 1996

Sculpture · Ockenburgh ·
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"Designing an artificial crater in the dunes of the Netherlands might have seemed like a daunting feat, but not for the master of light (and see below for Turrell’s most ambitious work yet within the Mother Nature–made Roden Crater). Built in 1996, James Turrell’s Celestial Vault is described not as a sculpture in the landscape, but as a tool to look at light and color. And this tool is expansive—30 meters wide and 40 meters long—creating an optical illusion of a domed sky."

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Jannes Linders / Courtesy of Stroom Den Haag / Copyright James Turrell

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Art installation using light and sky as medium

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Machiel Vrijenhoeklaan 175, 2554 BW Den Haag, Netherlands Get directions

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Celestial Vault, James Turrell 1996 by Jannes Linders / Courtesy of Stroom Den Haag / Copyright James Turrell
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Art installation using light and sky as medium

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Machiel Vrijenhoeklaan 175, 2554 BW Den Haag, Netherlands Get directions

Celestial Vault, James Turrell 1996 by null
Celestial Vault, James Turrell 1996 by Jannes Linders / Courtesy of Stroom Den Haag / Copyright James Turrell
Celestial Vault, James Turrell 1996 by null
Celestial Vault, James Turrell 1996 by null
Celestial Vault, James Turrell 1996 by null
Celestial Vault, James Turrell 1996 by null
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