A pioneer of the 1960s Light and Space movement, Turrell is renowned for creating colorful rooms with ceilings that contain cut-outs of geometrical shapes, allowing visitors to peer up into the open sky.įor the arts valley project, Turrell plans to create several pieces, including a tunnel and a quartet of so-called “Skyspaces,” WSJ reported.Īmerican land art pioneer Michael Heizer specializes in large-scale and site-specific sculptures. Turrell is an American artist best known for his work that explored the relationship between light and space. “It’s going to be remarkable to see them in these surroundings.” About the artists “I don’t think there’s anywhere else in the world featuring all these titans,” she said. More artists will eventually be added to the valley’s programming, Blazwick said.Ī view of AlUla's landscape, Saudi Arabia.
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In addition to Turrell and Michael Heizer, conceptual artist Agnes Denes and Saudi artists Manal al-Dowayan and Ahmed Mater will install massive pieces at the arts valley. Saudi officials have also enlisted Iwona Blazwick, former director of London’s Whitechapel Art Gallery, to curate the project and chair the RCU’s panel of art experts. It is possible for art to bridge large cultural gaps,” he added. “I have shown in Moscow, Shanghai, Beijing – places where I doubt I could show today.
Turrell told WSJ in an interview that the Kingdom’s “diplomatic or nationalistic tendencies” could be propelling the timing and backing of Wadi al-Fann, which translates to the Valley of the Arts in English. Major artists including James Turrell and Michael Heizer will be among the artists who will permanently install their pieces in the northwestern desert area over the next couple of years, the Wall Street Journal reported late Monday.