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OLAFUR ELIASSON IN HIS BERLIN STUDIO
'Take your time: Olafur Eliasson', the first comprehensive survey in the United States of works by Olafur Eliasson, opens today at MCA Chicago. This interview with the artist in his Berlin studio comes courtesy of MoMA, New York where the show was exhibited last year. Footage of installation at MoMA and P.S.1 courtesy of Mads Jorgensen, JJ Film. Video footage of Olafur Eliasson courtesy SFMOMA; all artworks courtesy Olafur Eliasson.
'Take Your Time: Olafur Eliasson' is on view at MCA Chicago until 13 September.
USER COMMENTS
The most privileged and disconnected artists always talk of making work "for museums" (as opposed to galleries or any other settings).
What's stunning is how blind they are to their own elevation above the realities of life. hales 02-10-2009
"One could claim that is a model of reality" eh? Nice video tho! Damier 07-05-2009
I like the way he connects these things together, real life and the museum. Foggy 07-05-2009
