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Model room, 2003 - Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, 2010 - Photo: Jens Ziehe
Model room, 2003
Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, 2010
Photo: Jens Ziehe
Model room, 2003 - Moderna Museet, Stockholm 2015 - Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Model room, 2003
Moderna Museet, Stockholm 2015
Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Model room, 2003 - Moderna Museet, Stockholm 2015 - Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Model room, 2003
Moderna Museet, Stockholm 2015
Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Model room, 2003 - Moderna Museet, Stockholm 2015 - Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Model room, 2003
Moderna Museet, Stockholm 2015
Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Model room, 2003 - Moderna Museet, Stockholm 2015 - Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Model room, 2003
Moderna Museet, Stockholm 2015
Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Installation view - Aedes am Pfefferberg, Berlin, 2006 - Photo: Felix Hallwachs / Studio Olafur Eliasson
Installation view
Aedes am Pfefferberg, Berlin, 2006
Photo: Felix Hallwachs / Studio Olafur Eliasson
Model room, 2003 - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2007 - Photo: Ian Reeves / Courtesy of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Model room, 2003
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2007
Photo: Ian Reeves / Courtesy of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Model room, 2003 - Lunds Konsthall, Sweden, 2005 - Photo: Terje Östling
Model room, 2003
Lunds Konsthall, Sweden, 2005
Photo: Terje Östling
Model room, 2003 - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2007 - Photo: Ian Reeves / Courtesy of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Model room, 2003
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2007
Photo: Ian Reeves / Courtesy of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Model room, 2003 - Lunds Konsthall, Sweden, 2005 - Photo: Jens Ziehe
Model room, 2003
Lunds Konsthall, Sweden, 2005
Photo: Jens Ziehe
Model room, 2003 - Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, 2010 - Photo: Jens Ziehe
Model room, 2003
Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, 2010
Photo: Jens Ziehe
Model room, 2003 - Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, 2010 - Photo: Jens Ziehe
Model room, 2003
Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, 2010
Photo: Jens Ziehe
Model room, 2003 - Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark 2014 - Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Model room, 2003
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark 2014
Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Model room, 2003 - Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark 2014 - Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Model room, 2003
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark 2014
Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Model room, 2003 - P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, 2008 – 2003
Model room, 2003
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, 2008 – 2003
Model room, 2003 - Lunds Konsthall, Sweden, 2005 - Photo: Terje Östling
Model room, 2003
Lunds Konsthall, Sweden, 2005
Photo: Terje Östling
Model room, 2003 - Lunds Konsthall, Sweden, 2005 - Photo: Terje Östling
Model room, 2003
Lunds Konsthall, Sweden, 2005
Photo: Terje Östling
Model room, 2003 - Lunds Konsthall, Sweden, 2005 - Photo: Terje Östling
Model room, 2003
Lunds Konsthall, Sweden, 2005
Photo: Terje Östling
Model room, 2003 - Tate Modern, London – 2019 - Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Model room, 2003
Tate Modern, London – 2019
Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Model room, 2003 - Tate Modern, London – 2019 - Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Model room, 2003
Tate Modern, London – 2019
Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Model room, 2003 - Tate Modern, London – 2019 - Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Model room, 2003
Tate Modern, London – 2019
Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Model room, 2003 - Guggenheim Museum Bilbao – 2020 - Photo: Erika Ede
Model room, 2003
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao – 2020
Photo: Erika Ede
From 1996 until 2014, Eliasson collaborated with Icelandic artist and architect Einar Thorsteinn. ‘Model room’ contains a broad selection of the intricately constructed models, geometrical forms, and maquettes of various sizes that were developed by the two over the years. The artwork, which grew and changed as new studies were added, is shown here as it was installed at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark, in 2014. Thorsteinn, 1942–2015, an Icelandic mathematician and architect, was a close, long-term collaborator and friend of Eliasson and the studio.
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Since 1996, Eliasson has collaborated with Einar Thorsteinn, an Icelandic artist and architect. A cabinet of their investigations, the Model room contains numerous intricately constructed models and maquettes of various sizes. These represent a selection of prototypes, mock-ups, and geometrical studies. A specially designed nonorthogonal display system presents Eliasson's and Thorsteinn's broader research into spatial structures. As their studies develop, new models are added to the collection.