James Turrell Deer Shelter Skyspace Yorkshire Sculpture Park


Deer Shelter Skyspace, Yorkshire Sculpture Park Anders Hanson Flickr

marks the deepest part of the forest. Towards its north edge, woodland gives way to heathland at Deer Shelter Plain, where red and fallow deer were traditionally fed under a thatched shelter through harsh winters, and a long-established herd still roams. The dark, secret recesses of this ancient forest have inspired much folklore.


James Turrell, Deer Shelter Skyspace, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, 2007. Photo by puffin11k via

The Deer Shelter Skyspace creates a place of contemplation and revelation, harnessing the changing light of the Yorkshire sky. It allows us to take time to sit, to think, and to contemplate; an open invitation to access a peacefulness that is often denied in our busy lives that abound with technology and speed. Shipping & Returns


14.08 Deer Shelter Skyspace (James Turrell) — Francesco Montaguti

Deer Shelter Skyspace Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, Wakefield (01924 832631; https://ysp.org.uk ). Open daily. Admission free. There are still places available for Sunrise in the.


James Turrell Deer Shelter Skyspace YSP June 2014 YouTube

Deer Shelter Skyspace by James Turrell, Yorkshire Sculpture Park "A Turrell Skyspace is a specifically proportioned chamber with an aperture in the ceiling open to the sky. Skyspaces can be autonomous structures or integrated into existing architecture. The aperture can be round, ovular or square." Link ( Archive Link )


James Turrell Deer Shelter Skyspace Yorkshire Sculpture Park

The Corporation took the protection of the public very seriously, embarking on a comprehensive programme of shelters in homes, schools, playing fields, basements & deep level public shelters. Of these deep level public tunnels, only 4 were completed. Midland Road shelter with a capacity 2600 persons would be the largest of all.


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James Turrell creates a magical, mindful experience out daylight, as Deer Shelter Skyspace harnesses the changing light of the Yorkshire sky. Dawn to sunset, autumn to spring, sunshine to storm - light and shadows constantly shift. This is the perfect place end your winter walk and watch the sunset (at approx. 15.45 from December-January).


Deer Shelter Skyspace [detail] Artist James Turrell Title… Flickr

James Turrell, Deer Shelter Skyspace, 2006. An Art Fund Commission. Courtesy Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Photograph © Jonty Wilde. Infinite Light is a unique, limited edition, publication, signed by the artist and printed on archival paper.


Deer Shelter Skyspace, Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Scott Simpson Flickr

Shop Learn James Turrell's practice is concerned with light and space, and he has been building Skyspaces since 1974. A Skyspace comprises a chamber containing only s


Deer Shelter Skyspace /5 James Turrell at the Yorkshire Sc… Flickr

This chapter looks at the permanent installation/public sculpture Deer Shelter Skyspace, which was designed by the artist James Turrell and installed in the Yorkshire Sculpture Park in 2007.


Deer Shelter Skyspace by James Turrell Photo by Jonty Wild… YSPsculpture Flickr

Light, space, time to stop and think: with its 500 acres and this - the Deer Shelter Skyspace - Yorkshire Sculpture Park offers just a touch more than you might suppose the great outdoors could supply. Destination Guides Things to do in West Yorkshire Things to do in Lancashire Things to do in the North East Things to Do in Cheshire


James Turrell (Deer Shelter Skyspace) Adaptive reuse, James turrell, Shelter

Shelter is not necessarily the point of James Turrell's work. In a number of similar skyscapes, it has been said the American artist is more keen to simply bring the cosmos closer. But it happens that this piece of work is built into a listed 19 th century fold for livestock belonging to the Bretton Park Estate in West Yorkshire.


James Turrell Deer Shelter Skyspace puffin11k Flickr

James Turrell: Deer Shelter Skyspace James Turrell creates a magical, mindful experience out of something so ordinary as daylight. Each of his Skyspaces around the world frames the same thing: the sky. But, of course, the sky is never quite the same. Dawn to sunset, autumn to spring, sunshine to storm - light and shadows constantly shift.


Deer Shelter Skyspace /2 James Turrell at the Yorkshire Sc… Flickr

James Turrell This installation is the first time the Art Fund has commissioned a work of art. The idea stemmed from the Art Fund's centenary celebration in 2003 and the poor representation of work by living artists from overseas in British public collections. Turrell has created the skyspace within an 18th century Grade II listed building.


Deer Shelter Skyspace, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, 2013, by James Turrell Yorkshire Sculpture Park

The Deer Shelter Skyspace is a place of contemplation and revelation, harnessing the changing light of the Yorkshire sky. It allows us time to sit and think; an open invitation to access a peacefulness often denied in our busy lives. Deer Shelter Skyspace 2006


James Turrell Deer Shelter Skyspace Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Deer Shelter Skyspace James Turrell (b.1943) Yorkshire Sculpture Park © the artist, courtesy of YSP. Photo credit: Jonty Wilde, courtesy of YSP Send information to Art Detective Yorkshire Sculpture Park Wakefield Read more on Yorkshire Sculpture Park Date 2006 Medium stone Accession number E058 Work type Sculpture Tags


Deer Shelter Skyspace Art UK

In the Deer Shelter Skyspace, Turrell has preserved the original form of the listed structure and once inside the visitor is led along a floor-lit corridor which opens out into a bright, high.