Kanye West Is Donating $10 MILLION To A Guy Who's Been Trying To Carve A Crater In The Desert Since 1977
Source - Kanye West embarked on an art pilgrimage last month to the ethereal, glowing light installations of artist James Turrell. On Monday, the rap star said he’s donating $10 million to the Turrell Art Foundation to help fund Roden Crater Project—an extinct volcano in northern Arizona where Mr. Turrell has been embedding works for more than four decades.
Mr. West, who champions contemporary artists like Takashi Murakami and Vanessa Beecroft, visited Roden Crater with Mr. Turrell on Dec. 11. Two days later, he tweeted that the experience was “life-changing,” adding that one day “we will all live in Turrell spaces.”
Mr. West returned a few days later with his team, who tweeted a photo of the rapper bundled up and overlooking the site.
Listen, I don’t know what the fuck this art project is and I don’t care. I read the description and it still makes zero sense. The only thing that I understood was that this looney tune has been carving out a crater in the desert since 1977 and now claims that he somehow needs $200 MILLION to get the job done. Seems like a bullshit artist to me, but hey, what do I know? Maybe I just don’t “get it.”
Mr. Turrell, who is 75 years old, is under pressure to finish his project after years of off-and-on funding. He recently teamed up with Arizona State University to raise $200 million to help rateromplete his artistic projects at the site and also turn the 2.5-mile-wide crater into a creative campus with an amphitheater and residencies. Thus far $40 million has been raised. The goal is to open to the public in five years, the foundation said.
Since 1977, Mr. Turrell has been transforming a volcano crater northeast of Flagstaff, Ariz., into an open-air observatory by carving tunnels into the crater’s cone that lead to spare, temple-like rooms. Oval slits or openings in the ceilings of some of the spaces allow in light so that the rooms’ hues differ depending on the time and weather conditions.”
Again, I have no idea what any of that means, but I know that $10 million is a SHIT ton of money and I blame Kris Jenner for letting it happen. Get him under control girl, because if you don’t, he’ll bring down the whole empire. Kim can only send so many, “I support my husband” tweets before she needs to cut him loose and she’s your second highest earner behind Kylie.
I’m curious to see how the Kardashian/Jenner conglomerate will spin this into a positive move. It’ll be tough even with a united front. TEN MILLION DOLLARS…for this.
I get that he’s rich, but you can only write so many eight-figure checks until you’re poor. Get it together, Ye, it’s getting really tough to root for you.