Focus on Dividing the Light and explore the Reception.
The installation received critical praise. A Los Angeles Times review called it "one of the best works of public art in recent memory", lauding "Turrell's capacity to pull experiences of sensual refinement out of the heavens". Other critics noted its easy accessibility. It is associated with the Light and Space movement that originated in Southern California in the 1960s, and of which Turrell is a prominent member.The college uses the skyspace courtyard as an event venue. Wading in the pool has been prohibited since c. 2009.
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