http://lacma.wordpress.com/2008/10/27/recent-acquisition-turrells-afrum-white/ Fri, 24 May 2013 14:01:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://lacma.wordpress.com/2008/10/27/recent-acquisition-turrells-afrum-white/#comment-39 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 01:11:41 +0000 http://lacma.wordpress.com/?p=846#comment-39 I read your post today. Did you go to the conversation between Michael and James last year? The work that you mentioned, as I recall from an interview I read, was actually first conceived by Turrell in his studio in the Ocean Park neighborhood of Santa Monica. In its preliminary stages it was a blue cube, not white, though. He cut a precise, hexagon-shaped form into a corner of the second story to create this effect with the color of the sky. What was his studio at the Mendota Hotel in the late 60s and early 70s is now a Starbucks (the one on Main St., near Baldessari’s studio). You can actually make out where he did it if you look close enough – the brick façade is a bit uneven after the repairs.

]]> http://lacma.wordpress.com/2008/10/27/recent-acquisition-turrells-afrum-white/#comment-38 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:15:58 +0000 http://lacma.wordpress.com/?p=846#comment-38 Nice piece. Congrats, LACMA … I’m looking forward to checking in tomorrow to learn more.

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