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EXHIBITIONS

Take your time: Olafur Eliasson

April 20–June 30, 2008

The Donald B. and Catherine C. Marron Atrium, second floor
Special Exhibitions Gallery, third floor
The Louise Reinhardt Smith Photography Gallery, third floor
The Robert and Joyce Menschel Photography Gallery, third floor

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Take your time: Olafur Eliasson is the first comprehensive survey in the United States of works by Olafur Eliasson, whose immersive environments, sculptures, and photographs elegantly recreate the extremes of landscape and atmosphere in his native Scandinavia, while foregrounding the sensory experience of the work itself. Drawn from collections worldwide, the presentation spans over fifteen years of Eliasson's career. His constructions, at once eccentric and highly geometric, use multicolored washes, focused projections of light, mirrors, and elements such as water, stone, and moss to shift the viewer's perception of place and self. By transforming the gallery into a hybrid space of nature and culture, Eliasson prompts an intensive engagement with the world and offers a fresh consideration of everyday life.

Take your time: Olafur Eliasson is on view at MoMA and at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, two subway stops away. Admission tickets for MoMA can be used within thirty days for free admission to P.S.1.

From MoMA to P.S.1 Take Queens-bound E or V train from 5th Ave./53rd St. to 23rd St./Ely Ave. To exit from station, follow signs to 7 train. Then exit onto Jackson Ave. Walk right 1 block to 46th Ave.

From P.S.1 to MoMA Walk left 1 block on Jackson Ave. Take Manhattan-bound E or V train from 23rd St./Ely Ave. to 5th Ave./53rd St.

Take your time: Olafur Eliasson was circulated by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and organized there by Madeleine Grynsztejn. At The Museum of Modern Art and P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center the exhibition was expanded, and its organization and installation were overseen by Roxana Marcoci and Klaus Biesenbach.

Lead support for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art presentation was provided by Helen and Charles Schwab and the Mimi and Peter Haas Fund. Generous support was provided by the Bernard Osher Foundation, the Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation, and SFMOMA's Collectors Forum. Additional support was provided by Patricia and William Wilson III, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

The New York showing is made possible by the Mimi and Peter Haas Fund.

Additional funding is provided by Jerry I. Speyer and Katherine G. Farley, The Contemporary Arts Council of The Museum of Modern Art, Danish Ministry of Culture, and Skagen Designs.
Olafur Eliasson. <i>360° room for all colours.</i> 2002. Stainless steel, projection foil, fluorescent lights, wood, and control unit, 126 x 321 x 321" (320 x 815.3 x 815.3 cm). Private collection. Installation view at Musée d'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris. Courtesy Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York. © 2008 Olafur Eliasson

Olafur Eliasson. 360° room for all colours. 2002. Stainless steel, projection foil, fluorescent lights, wood, and control unit, 126 x 321 x 321" (320 x 815.3 x 815.3 cm). Private collection. Installation view at Musée d'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris. Courtesy Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York. © 2008 Olafur Eliasson



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