New James Turrell ‘Skyspace’

‘I imagined the Meeting house was a convertible, opening up to the sky.'

by Rebecca Hardy 25th June 2021

A large installation by the distinguished Quaker artist James Turrell has opened in Massachusetts. Titled C.A.V.U., it is the latest of his iconic ‘Skyspaces’. The work comprises a repurposed concrete water tank that transforms into an immersive light installation. The artwork measures forty feet in diameter, is forty feet high, and has a capacity for seventy viewers. It took thirty years to create from conception. The installation opened on the Mass MoCA campus in May, as part of ‘Into the Light’, a retrospective of Turrell’s work.