Olafur Eliasson – In real life,
Eliasson’s work plays with reality and perception, light, shadow and colour, and his installations, photos and architectural projects occupy an intersection between art, nature and scientific research. The exhibition presented 40 works, including immersive installations, sculptures, photographs and paintings, using a range of mediums - moss, glacial melt water, light and reflective metal.
My favourite was ‘Your Uncertain Shadow”, 2010, which used HMI lamps in green, orange, blue and magenta, and glass, aluminium and transformers. This was an interactive installation where the viewer is the subject, and this is actually a photo of my own reflection on the wall.
I enjoyed this exhibition which had a feeling of an Art/Science exhibition rather than a traditional Art exhibition.
Reference
. Finger B, 2012, 50 contemporary artist you should know, Prestel
. Tate Modern Exhibition booklet