Eliasson Olafur - Softcover

Eliasson, Olafur

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8480261838 ISBN 13: 9788480261838

Publisher: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia Ministero de Cultura, 2003

Synopsis

The projects and preoccupations of the Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson inspired this collaborative enterprise by artist, curator, scientists, and art critics. In his art, Eliasson explores our conceptions of nature and the scientific tools we use to observe, measure, and control it. Through his works-installations, site-specific sculptures, and photographs - the laboratory within the museum becomes the site not only of knowledge but also of aesthetic and sensual pleasure. Distinguished by a poetic economy of means and a quiet, elegant beauty, his work combines the ephemeral natural effects of light, water, and wind with more tangible materials such as wood, moss, and grass. Eliasson has often said that he is trying to recapture the Iceland of his childhood - with its hot springs, volcanoes, and frozen landscapes - in his art.

About this edition

• Publisher: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia Ministero de Cultura
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 8480261838
• ISBN 13: 9788480261838
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 156