Skyspace

A skyspace is an architectural design in which a room, which is painted in a neutral color has a large hole in its ceiling which opens directly to the sky. The room, whose perimeter has benches, allows observers to look at the sky in such a way as though it were framed. LED lights which surround the hole can change colors to affect the viewer's perception of the sky.

The design is the work of American artist James Turrell. As of 2013 over 82 skypaces have been installed worldwide. Examples include the Skyspace at Live Oak Friends Meeting in Houston, Texas and at Rice University, also in Houston.

Characteristics
A Skyspace is a work typically composed of a piece, painted in a neutral color, having an opening in its ceiling. The room, whose perimeter has benches, makes it possible to observe the sky as if it were framed. Lights surround the opening and can change color to alter viewer perception

Location

title	Dated	Location	City	Country	Details	Owner
Meeting	1986	MoMA PS1	New York	United States		MoMA PS1
Second Meeting (skyspace)	1989	Einstein Residence	Brentwood	United States	6 m high	Cliff and Mandy Einstein
Milk Run	1996	Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden	Washington	United States	Luminous projection of fluorescent tubes and colored gel	Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Space That Sees	1992	Israel Museum	Jerusalem	Israel	Gray and white concrete, limestone, dimmable fluorescent light, 7 × 10 × 10 m	Israel Museum
Blue Pesher	1997-1999	Carell Woodland Trail Sculpture, Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art	Nashville	United States		Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art
Dark Side of the Moon	1999	Minamidera, Naoshima Art House Project	Naoshima	Japan		Art House Project Naoshima
Kielder Skyspace	2000	Kielder Water	Northumberland	UK		Kielder Water
Live Oak Friends Meeting (skyspace)	2001		Houston	United States	Architect: Leslie Elkins	Houston
Knight Rise	2001	Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art	Scottsdale	United States		Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
Unseen Blue	2002	James Turrell Museum , Bodega Colomé	Salta	Argentina		James Turrell Museum
Upper School Lighting	2003	Greenwich Academy	Greenwich	United States		Greenwich Academy
Light Reign	2003	Henry Art Gallery	Seattle	United States		Henry Art Gallery
Above Horizon	2004	Ships Goldstein Residence	Beverly Hills	United States		James Goldstein
Blue Planet Sky	2004	21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art	Kanazawa	Japan		21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art
Open Sky	2004	Chichū Art Museum	Naoshima	Japan		Chichū Art Museum
Three Gems	2005	from Young Museum	San Francisco	United States		from Young Museum
UIC SkySpace	2005	Gateway Plaza, University of Illinois	Chicago	United States		University of Illinois
Skyspace Piz Uter	2005	Häusler Contemporary	Zuoz	Swiss		Häusler Contemporary
Third Breath	2005, 2009	Zentrum für Internationale Lichtkunst	Unna	Germany		Zentrum für Internationale Lichtkunst
Second Wind	2005, 2009	Fundación NMAC	Vejer de la Frontera	Spain		Fundación NMAC
Sky Pesher	2005	Walker Art Center	Minneapolis	United States		Walker Art Center
Sky Space	2005	Museum of Modern Salzburg	Salzburg	Austria	9.20 × 7.20 × 8.36 m	Museum of Modern Salzburg
Tending (Blue)	2005	Nasher Sculpture Center	Dallas	United States		Nasher Sculpture Center
Stone Sky (skyspace)	2005	Stonescape vineyard	Calistoga	United States	Architect: Jim Jennings	Norman and Norah Stone
Deer Shelter	2006	Yorkshire Sculpture Park		UK		Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Price Skyspace	2004-2006	Santa Monica Canyon	Los Angeles	United States		Dallas Price-Van Breda
Roden Crater	2006	Roden crater	Flagstaff	United States		James Turrell
Dividing the Light (skyspace)	2007	Pomona College	Claremont	United States		Pomona College
Within Without	2010	Australian Garden, National Gallery of Australia	Canberra	Australia	Luminous installation, concrete stupa and basalt, water, earth,8 × 28 × 28 m	National Gallery of Australia
Skyspace	2011	John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art	Sarasota	United States	280 m 2 , opening of 2.2 m 2 , seats for 56 people	John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
The Way of Color	2011	Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art	Bentonville	United States		Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Twilight Epiphany	2012	Rice University	Houston	United States	Pyramid, the roof forming a square 22 m side with an opening of 4.2 m side. LEDs are synchronized with sunrise and sunset.
Air Apparent	2012	Arizona State University	Phoenix	United States
Skyspace	2013	Kayne Griffin Corcoran	Los Angeles	United States		James Corcoran, William Griffin, Maggie Kayne

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