Álftavatn close-up series
Artist
Olafur Eliasson
(Danmark, född 1967)
Alternate Title
- Álftavatn närbildsserien
Date1999
MediumGelatin silver prints and chromogenic prints, Type C
DimensionsBildmått: 23,5 × 35,5 cm
Ram: 24,8 × 36,8 × 1,8 cm
Yttermått (hela verket): 118 × 163 × 1,8 cm
ClassificationPhotography
Credit LinePurchase 2000
On view
StockholmObject NumberMOM/2000/180
About the artworkMany people have said that our perception of nature is a construction and part of our culture. Nevertheless, the countryside lies before us, ready to be explored, inhabited and experienced. Olafur Eliasson makes viewers aware of their own approach to the setting. With apparently simple means he manages to alter our expectations on reality. In 1998 he coloured the water in Stockholm Ström green for a few hours. In 2003 an enormous artificial sun disc - The Weather Project - attracted crowds of people to Tate Modern in London. His works often relate to the experience of time and space. In the photographic series Álftavatn Close-Up the artist slowly approaches an Icelandic stream, stopping every 500 metres to take a picture.
Selected exhibition history Organising Freedom: nordisk 90-tals konst (2000) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Moderna Museet c/o Smedjebacken (2007) Stiftelsen Arkivbyggnaden i Smedjebacken Samlingsutställning 2019-2022 (den 1 februari 2019 - den 27 augusti 2023) Moderna Museet, Stockholm En annan historia: I kamerans våld (den 23 februari 2011 - den 31 december 2011) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Molnen mellan oss (2006) Moderna Museet, Stockholm The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues Organising freedom : nordisk 90-talskonst : Moderna Museet, Stockholm : [12/2 - 9/4 2000]
Selected exhibition history Organising Freedom: nordisk 90-tals konst (2000) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Moderna Museet c/o Smedjebacken (2007) Stiftelsen Arkivbyggnaden i Smedjebacken Samlingsutställning 2019-2022 (den 1 februari 2019 - den 27 augusti 2023) Moderna Museet, Stockholm En annan historia: I kamerans våld (den 23 februari 2011 - den 31 december 2011) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Molnen mellan oss (2006) Moderna Museet, Stockholm The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues Organising freedom : nordisk 90-talskonst : Moderna Museet, Stockholm : [12/2 - 9/4 2000]