1986
James Turrell
Meeting
1986
Photo by Michael Moran
Courtesy P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center
Tne of the highlights of P.S.1, this site-specific installation has been at P.S.1 since the fall of 1986. It was initially part of a series commissioned by Alanna Heiss focusing on light and perception. Meeting is composed of a square room with a rectangular opening cut directly into the ceiling. Carefully calculated artificial lights produce an orange glow on the white walls of the room, permitting the viewer to appreciate the intensity of the sky’s color.
As Turrell described it: “There’s this four-square seating that’s inside, seating toward each other, having a space that created some silence, allowing something to develop slowly over time, particularly at sunset. Also, this Meeting has to do with the meeting of space that you’re in with the meeting of the space of the sky.” Meeting is one of Turrell’s series of “skyspaces,” all involving enclosed spaces with rectangular or rounded holes cut into the ceiling exposing the open sky.
Meeting opens to the public approximately one hour before sunset, weather permitting.
Schedule to be announced.
James Turrell's Meeting is located on the Northern side of P.S.1’s third floor.
The installation reopens during Warm Up 2010.
Long-term installations can be seen all year-round at P.S.1. Works by an impressive roster of artists, such as Richard Serra, James Turrell, Pipilloti Rist and William Kentridge, are on view throughout the building. They range in scale and medium; some are obvious to the eye, while others are so ingrained in the environment, the act of discovery becomes part of the process. All are site-specific, inspired by the building's history as a school and a haven for contemporary artists. Since P.S.1 is the largest non-collecting contemporary art institution in the world, these works belong to the artists. Thus, it is due to their generosity and ongoing friendship with P.S.1 that we are able to share their creations with our visitors.