Take your time: Olafur Eliasson - MoMA Video

Description

Take your time: Olafur Eliasson is the first comprehensive survey in the United States of works by Olafur Eliasson, whose immersive environments, sculptures, and photographs elegantly recreate the extremes of landscape and atmosphere in his native Scandinavia, while foregrounding the sensory experience of the work itself. Drawn from collections worldwide, the presentation spans over fifteen years of Eliasson's career. His constructions, at once eccentric and highly geometric, use multicolored washes, focused projections of light, mirrors, and elements such as water, stone, and moss to shift the viewer's perception of place and self. By transforming the gallery into a hybrid space of nature and culture, Eliasson prompts an intensive engagement with the world and offers a fresh consideration of everyday life. Take your time: Olafur Eliasson is on view at MoMA and at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, two subway stops away. Video footage of Olafur Eliasson courtesy SFMOMA; all artworks © Olafur Eliasson. Installation footage at MoMA and PS1 courtesy Mads Jørgensen, JJ Films.