The Ore Mountains are getting a new art gallery, which will feature a light installation by internationally acclaimed artist James Turrell. It is being built on the site of the former coal mine in Oelsnitz. Work on the multi-million euro project is already underway and a time capsule has now been placed at the foundations of the building.
The 81-year-old American Turrell has achieved worldwide fame as a "sculptor of light". "Light is what we normally only use to illuminate other things," he himself once said about his work. "I am interested in light that has a materiality of its own, that does not illuminate other things, but becomes illumination itself." His installations can be found in many countries around the world.
