James Turrell Dan Colen Avedon’s landmark series—commissioned in 1979

Avedon’s landmark series—commissioned in 1979 by the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth

a photo essay by Charles Ray

The butterfly is one of Hirst’s most enduring motifs

which he originally designed for the space

unprecedented in scale and pointed in subject

James Turrell Dan Colen Avedon’s landmark series—commissioned in 1979This book was published on the occasion of James Turrell at Gagosian, Britannia Street, London, the artists 2010 debut exhibition at the gallery. In rich color photographs and lucid interpretive texts, it documents works from several of the artists series. Pictured and discussed are entries from the Tall Glass series of illuminated glass planes, the immersive installation Bindu Shards (2010) from the Perceptual Cell series, cast bronze and plaster