Listening with intent to dear friend @kuminaidoo.bsky.social 's podcast Power People Planet. It opens up the complexity of now with clarity, and demonstrates the importance of providing multiple ways to connect with environmental justice - www.powerpeopleplanet.org/home/episode...
Detail of 'Seeing a surprise before it’s reduced, split, and then further reduced', 2025; currently part of Olafur's 'The lure of looking through a polarised window of opportunities, or seeing a surprise before it’s reduced, split, and then further reduced' (video: neugerriemschneider).
'Uncertainty lens', 2025 - Currently part of Olafur's 'The lure of looking through a polarised window of opportunities, or seeing a surprise before it’s reduced, split, and then further reduced' (video: neugerriemschneider).
Opened last week at neugerriemschneider, Olafur's 'The lure of looking through a polarised window of opportunities, or seeing a surprise before it’s reduced, split, and then further reduced' extends his investigation with installations and complex geometric sculptures (photo: Jens Ziehe).
‘The lure of looking through a polarised window of opportunities, or seeing a surprise before it’s reduced, split, and then further reduced’ unveils Olafur’s ongoing exploration of the complexity of light, using polarisation and simple materials.
At neugerriemschneider, Berlin
Friday 2 May, 6-9pm
Ph: Jens Ziehe
Visit the link to learn more about ‘Your ocular relief’ (2021).
olafureliasson.net/artwork/your...
In this installation, a curved screen becomes an evocative lightshow of ever-changing shapes, colours, and shadows, created through reflection and refraction of light. While the mind perceives solid forms and architectural structures, the viewer knows they’re witnessing only fleeting projections.
New work coming up —
'The lure of looking through a polarised window of opportunities, or seeing a surprise before it's reduced, split, and then further reduced.'
Olafur has been experimenting with drawing machines since 1998, originally in collaboration with his father Elias Hjörleifsson.
'Wind writings' #149 is part of the group show 'Stop Drawing. Architettura oltre il disegno,’ opening on Thursday at @museomaxxi, Rome.
Ph. Jens Ziehe
'Lighthouse lamp' (2004) reveals Olafur's fascination with lighthouses.
This artwork is part of the ongoing group exhibit 'Collected with Vision. Private Collections in Dialogue with Old Masters' at Royal Academy, Antwerp.
Ph. Jens Ziehe
Find out more at
olafureliasson.net/artwork/ligh...
Geometry, perception, and our relationship with the environment are some of the themes revealed in the work 'Your silent running’ (2003/2016), created with Olafur’s long-time collaborator Einar Thorsteinn.
Ph. Olafur Eliasson
To learn more, visit:
olafureliasson.net/artwork/your...
At the centre of ‘Overdeepening’ (2018), commissioned by Amorepacific Museum of Art, Seoul, are two half-rings that appear as full rings when completed by their reflections. The resulting illusory rings seem to traverse the reflective surfaces of the mirror and the pond.
Suspended at the heart of the central staircase in the Tadao Ando–designed He Art Museum in Foshan, China, this artwork seems to grow and evolve eternally.
‘Atmospheric column’ (2023) was commissioned by HE Art Museum.
Ph. Hubert Wang
Find out more: olafureliasson.net/artwork/atmo...
Published in conjunction with the 1998 exhibition 'Fotografier at Bild Museet,' Umeå University, this book features 'The landscape series' (1997), a collection of 30 C-prints. Printed in black and white on yellow paper, the series reflects Olafur’s early exploration of photography.
PST ART: Art & Science Collide closes today, but @olafureliasson.bsky.social’s OPEN @ MOCA is open thru July. #ExpoReview Visual Art Editor @briannasmykreder.bsky.social #ExpoRecommends this exhibition of large-scale, site-specific installations. Don’t miss it: tinyurl.com/SpringReco.
Hosted by @pioneerworks, and on view during November in Times Square part of the @tsqarts Midnight Moment program, 'Lifeworld' was made in collaboration with @WeTransfer and @circa.art.
Discussing the public artwork 'Lifeworld' with art historian Gloria Sutton, Olafur reveals how power structures are ingrained in the architecture of public spaces, and illuminates how uncertainty can help us reclaim them.
Watch the talk at vimeo.com/1064351573/e...
Matthew Drutt explains of 'The large stone series' (1998), that "actually are perched on unstable surfaces—smaller stones; they appear top-heavy and sit at angles that suggest eventual displacement or movement."
Ph. Oren Oslor
Find out more: olafureliasson.net/artwork/the-...
"In 'The waterfall series', Eliasson altered the colour of each picture in order to emphasise the fact that each waterfall is different. The result is almost nineteenth-century in character, calling to mind old postcards from exotic locations", writes Matthew Drutt in 2004.
Ph. Jens Ziehe
Find out more about the artwork in the link:
olafureliasson.net/artwork/yell...
In this installation, a corridor is illuminated in yellow light, altering the perception of colour.
‘Yellow corridor’ (1997) is currently featured in ‘Your curious journey’, a travelling solo show tracing over 30 years of Olafur's practice. Visit the exhibition at @aucklandartgallery until March 23
Photo: David St George
Visit the link to learn more about ‘Your curious journey’ —
olafureliasson.net/press/Your%2...
Covering the gallery wall like a textured tapestry, 'Moss Wall’ (1994) is composed of reindeer moss, a lichen native to northern latitudes. When dry, it shrinks and fades; when watered, it expands and releases an earthy, pungent scent.
The work is on view at @aucklandartgallery until March 23.
Upon entering Auckland Art Gallery, visitors encounter ‘Under the weather’ (2022). As they move, the screen flickers with a shifting moiré pattern. Like ‘Beauty' (1993), the experience is shaped by perspective.
This artwork is now part of 'Your curious journey’ at @aucklandartgallery.
These two photographs are part of Olafur’s interest in producing a visual archive of different locations and their changing conditions. The images capture the same portion of a landscape exposed to contrasting weather phenomena.
‘Untitled’, 2002, is at Repetto Gallery, Lugano, until April 11.
Rooted in Olafur’s long-standing exploration of optical devices, mirrors, and lenses, 'Your Small Altruistic Assembly’ (2025) magnifies every movement, conjuring new ways of seeing that invite viewers to retrace and examine their perceptual orientation.
