Olafur Eliasson

Olafur Eliasson (born 1967 in Copenhagen, lives and works in Berlin) belongs to a younger generation of artists who in the nineties explored and expanded the boundaries between art, science and nature and the perception thereof. For years, the artist has transferred natural phenomena such as water, light, wind, temperature and movement into the art context using simple technical aids, always clearly emphasizing for the viewer the technology involved. In his sculptures, installations, and photographs, Eliasson's artistic interest is focused on dialogic processes occurring between the viewer and his perception. The elemental naturalness of the materials employed - like water and earth - produce an open structure to his work. Due to the potential for dynamic transformation inherent in the materials, the viewer experiences himself as being subject to the movement of time and space.
The two photographs, Jökulsgilskvisl, map volcanic rock formations, erosion, sediment, ice, water, and vegetation: complex configurations of earths evolutionary processes depicting aspects of the wild beauty of Iceland.