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Olafur Eliasson

He was born in 1967 in Copenhagen, Denmark, and studies at the Royal Danish Academy of Art in Copenhagen.　Currently based in Berlin and Copenhagen.

He creates work dealing with natural phenomena. He works closely with architects and scientists.
He has been showing his work internationally.

Selected solo exhibitions are Kunsthalle Basel (1997), ICA Boston (2000), Kunstlerhaus Bregenz (2001), and Tate Modern Turbine Hall [The Weather Project] (2003). Group exhibitions include Johannesburg Biennale (1997), Istanbul Biennale (1997), Sydney Biennale (1998), Sao Paulo Biennale (1998) and the Venice Biennale (1999 and 2003).

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Detailed bio (English): Olafur Eliasson

Website: 
http://www.olafureliasson.net
Articles

What we have in common...

Artist: 
Olafur Eliasson

Interview from an exhibition catalog, Dundee Contemporary Arts, 1999.
The text title is what Eliasson often mentions in his lecture. Probably, this phrase came into his mind in this interview. What is common to all human beings?
Also, about relationship between architecture and human beings, our surroundings and perception.

MODELS ARE REAL

Artist: 
Olafur Eliasson

What is Eliasson's essential concept to his artistic practice today?
An observation about static and negotiable spaces, relationship between model and reality.

Some Ideas About Color

Artist: 
Olafur Eliasson

Why galleries are normally white?  Why not Yellow Cubes?
Eliasson talks about his ideas about colors including light effects and afterimage.

Vibrations

Artist: 
Olafur Eliasson

「Physics has found no straight lines—has found only waves—physics has found no solids—only high-frequency event fields.」Buckminster Fuller
Waves and vibrations, time and space, and the fifth dimension.

Museums are Radical

Artist: 
Olafur Eliasson

An essay about "Weather," "Mediation" and "Museum."
Eliasson has been working on relationships between weather and human beings: e.g. Weather Project at Tate Modern.
He also talks about how museums shoul communicate with the visitors.