OLAFUR ELIASSON

OLAFUR ELIASSON

• CONTEMPORARY CONCEPTUAL ARTIST

• BORN IN COPENHAGEN, DENMARK 1967

• STUDIO OLAFUR ELIASSON IN BERLIN

THE WEATHER PROJECT

2003 LONDONTATE MODERN

OLAFUR ELIASSON

OLAFUR ELIASSON

HOW DO WE DETERMINE OUR RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OUR BODIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT?IS THAT RELATIONSHIP ART?

OLAFUR ELIASSON

WATERFALLS

2008 NEW YORKNEW YORK CITY

OLAFUR ELIASSON

WHO IS THE AUTHOR? WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HOW THE ARTWORK IS INTERPRETED?

OLAFUR ELIASSON

YOUR SUN MACHINE

1997 MARC-FOXXLOS ANGELES

OLAFUR ELIASSON

WHO DETERMINES WHAT REALITY IS? CAN ART HAVE MULTIPLE REALITIES?

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GREEN RIVERS

1998 SITE SPECIFICGERMANY, NORWAY,USA, SWEDEN, JAPAN

OLAFUR ELIASSON

HOW CAN ART BE ACTIVISM? DOES IT BECOME SOMETHING OTHER THAN ART THEN?

OLAFUR ELIASSON

1m³ LIGHT

1999 COLOGNE,GERMANY

OLAFUR ELIASSON

SHOULD ART BE ABOUT AESTHETICS, CONTENT, OR BOTH? WHY?

REFERENCES

Drutt, M. (2004). Olafur Eliasson: Photographs. Verona, Italy: Stamperia ValdonegaOlafur Eliasson. (2002). New York, NY: Phaidon Press Inc.Olafur Eliasson. (n.d.). Retrieved April 18th, 2010, from http://www.olafureliasson.net/index.htmlTED Conferences, LLC. (2009). Olafur Eliasson: Playing with space and light. Retrieved April 17th, 2010, from http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/olafur_eliasson_playing_with_space_and_light.htmlThin Skin. (2002). New York, NY: Independent Curators International.