Olafur Eliasson

(Danish, born 1967)

Olafur Eliasson is a Conceptual Danish-Icelandic artist concerned with sensorial experience and perception. Through installations, public projects, films, photography, and paintings, Eliasson activates the senses of his viewers in immersive artworks, as seen in his The Weather Project (2003) installation at the Turbine Hall of the Tate London. His practice has been compared to Robert Irwin and James Turrell for his interest in the reflexive qualities of the audience and his attention to light. “I want to expose and evaluate the fact that the seeing and sensing process is a system that should not be taken for granted as natural—it's a cultivated means of reality production that, as a system, can be negotiated and changed,” the artist stated. Born on February 5, 1967 in Copenhagen, Denmark to Icelandic parents, Eliasson grew up in the city and went on to study at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1989–1995. After graduating, he established his multi-disciplinary studio and laboratory in Berlin. In 2016, Eliasson was invited to create a network of installations at the Palace of Versailles in France. He currently lives and works between Copenhagen, Denmark and Berlin, Germany. The artist’s works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and the Kunstmuseum Basel, among others.

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Contemporary Art, Sculpture

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Iceland Series #3 and Iceland Series #4 (2..., 2000

Olafur Eliasson

Iceland Series #3 and Iceland Series #4 (2..., 2000

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Landscape, Iceland

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Landscape, Iceland

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Untitled (Iceland Series), 1998

Olafur Eliasson

Untitled (Iceland Series), 1998

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The park series (in 25 parts), 1998

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The park series (in 25 parts), 1998

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Drahtstein, 2003

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Drahtstein, 2003

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Ohne Titel (from Untitled), 1996

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Ohne Titel (from Untitled), 1996

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Untitled, 1996

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Untitled, 1996

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Untitled (Islandserie), 1995

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Untitled (Islandserie), 1995

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Untitled (Islandserie), 1997

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Untitled (Islandserie), 1997

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Untitled, 1996

Olafur Eliasson

Untitled, 1996

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Composition (from Islandsserien), 2000

Olafur Eliasson

Composition (from Islandsserien), 2000

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Composition, 1994

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Composition, 1994

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The Path Series (24), 1999

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The Path Series (24), 1999

Sale Date: February 16, 2012

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Extralarge eyekea lamp, 2006

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Extralarge eyekea lamp, 2006

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Landscape (from Iceland), 1999

Olafur Eliasson

Landscape (from Iceland), 1999

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Landscape with a lake, Iceland, 2004

Olafur Eliasson

Landscape with a lake, Iceland, 2004

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Composition, 1993

Olafur Eliasson

Composition, 1993

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Cartographic Series II (set of 20), 2002

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Cartographic Series II (set of 20), 2002

Sale Date: December 3, 2011

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Drahtstein, 2003

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Drahtstein, 2003

Sale Date: November 26, 2011

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The blue lagoon, 1996

Olafur Eliasson

The blue lagoon, 1996

Sale Date: November 16, 2011

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Untitled (2 works in 1 double-sided frame), 2002

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Untitled (2 works in 1 double-sided frame), 2002

Sale Date: November 16, 2011

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The lighthouse (series in 20 parts), 1999

Olafur Eliasson

The lighthouse (series in 20 parts), 1999

Sale Date: November 10, 2011

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Your absolute 7 degrees, 2004

Olafur Eliasson

Your absolute 7 degrees, 2004

Sale Date: November 8, 2011

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Snow crystal roof, 2004

Olafur Eliasson

Snow crystal roof, 2004

Sale Date: October 13, 2011

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