Description of project by Olafur Eliasson
Galería Elvira González is pleased to announce its third solo exhibition, A view of things to come, by Olafur Eliasson on February 13th, 2018. The exhibition will bring together recent work in which the Icelandic-Danish artist explores the human perception of temporality and movement through the spatial interaction between the viewer and the artworks.
According to the artist’s words: "A view of things to come gives us a view of ourselves from without, and to see yourself from the outside is to see yourself as part of the world. You see that being in space makes a difference, that you have responsibility. Before we act, we have an idea. But before the idea, there is a space – the space where the known and the unknown meet. It’s uncertain, unstructured, and open. This is where we realise that reality is relative –that we can change what is real– and we see a view of things to come".
Eliasson talks about his work as experimental set-ups, ranging from photography, sculpture, drawing and video, to major art commissions in public spaces and buildings.
Spanning his artistic career, from the early 90s and onwards, the artist has made environmental issues and social awareness central to his creative output. Consequently, in 2012, Eliasson launched Little Sun in collaboration with solar engineer Frederik Ottesen, a social project with the mission of bringing sustainable and clean energy to regions without electricity in sub-Saharan Africa.
