Leopoldo liriano
Hua 101

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There are
many similarities and differences between the artist from “The Cave for
forgotten Dreams” and James Turrell the creator of the Light and Space movement
“Aten Reign”. Even though both of them are from different generations,
both still use the light to create life and movement in their art.
The similarities
between the artists form the cave and Turrell are greatly the same. The artist from
the cave used the light from a flaming flicking troch to create life and
movement on the art in the forgotten cave. The natural light from the troch
created an illusion to the arties which made him/she believe that the drawing
of animals was alive and moving. Turrell used natural light from the sun to
create the life and movement of light. The different color of light helps
create an evolvement to relaxation and meditation. Both these artist use natural
light in their art to show life and movement in their art.
The differences
between both artist from the cave and Turrell are very different also, the
artist from the cave uses an image, an object and a lot of focus on their art
inside the cave, has for Turrell he believes in the idea of letting yourself
see which in his art he uses no image, no object and little focus in his art. Moreover,
the artist from the cave uses his art to expose real life in his/her time, has
for Turrell he uses his art to relax the body with the light. Both these art
use the natural light with different strategies to create their art come to life.
One use
natural light has a way to move and guide his/her art , well the other use it
to help the body understand how to be in an art and to relax the mind. The artist
from the cave and Turrell connected with the light to express meaning, movement
, and life to their art.