"but this is not trickery"

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What does "" mean in this context? I have not ever encountered it in such a context.

"Turrell is known for his extraordinary gallery installations in which viewers enter dark spaces and accustom their eyes to illusions of solidity created entirely with coloured artificial light. Turrell studied perceptual psychology but this is not trickery because one senses that he is always in awe of nature’s processes, allowing nature, as Derges does, to interact on its own terms with our perception of it, stimulating the viewer to wonder where objective reality ends and imagination begins.

Ivanhr · Accepted Answer

trickery = deception

What exactly do you not understand?

Teechr · Answer

I suppose the author is trying to say that Turrell's "illusions of solidity" are not mere visual "trickery" because Turrell's works are in appreciation of "nature's processes ... stimulating the viewer to wonder where objective reality ends and imagination begins."

Catttt · Answer

@Ivanhr ohhh sorry! I do not understand the meaning of "but this is not trickery" in this context. WHAT is not trickery? and WHY?

Ivanhr · Answer

As far as I can tell, 'this is not trickery' indicates that no deliberate tricks are done by the artist. He just creates an environment that is conducive to people seeing things that aren't physically present. (note that while the object is not real, the image of the object may very well be)

AlpheccaStars · Answer

I went to a Turrell installation (a sunset / sunrise skylight) last Tuesday.  It was awe-inspiring and magnificent. Just as the passage says, his art does not deceive; it magnifies what nature has already provided

Catttt · Answer

@AlpheccaStars wow, such an accident! So, you have seen what I am reading about just one week ago! I have a question about another work by this artist and hope you have seen it or have some information about it too. It is a light installation by James Turrell at Waterloo Bridge (around 2005). But, I could not find any image of it on the web and still have some questions about it. What makes this to be "not obtrusive but fit harmoniously into the ambient light"? Is not it a very common lighting that makes the arches of the bright light? what is the difference that makes it a work of art?

"Turrell is constructing a permanent light sculpture at Waterloo Bridge on the River Thames in London in sequences, which will occur from dusk to midnight, in which the façades of surrounding buildings will be gently washed in a slowly changing display of colour, highlighting the abstract shapes of the arches that span the length of the bridge and symbolically uniting north to south bank. Fundamental to Turrell’s scheme is the need to consider the effects of light pollution, so the display is not obtrusive but fits harmoniously into the ambient light, while delicately challenging the viewer’s perceptions."

AlpheccaStars · Answer

I have experienced many Turrell installations and exhibitions, but not the one in London.
I suppose it is similar to the others.

The one I visited recently lasted 40 minutes. Here is a video about it.

Catttt · Answer

That must be a great experience to sit there inside a colored environment and look in the sky.

"but this is not trickery"

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