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Inside the horizon, 2014 - Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, 2014 - Photo: Iwan Baan
Inside the horizon, 2014
Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, 2014
Photo: Iwan Baan
Inside the horizon, 2014 - Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, 2014 - Photo: Iwan Baan
Inside the horizon, 2014
Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, 2014
Photo: Iwan Baan
Inside the horizon, 2014 - Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, 2014 - Photo: Iwan Baan
Inside the horizon, 2014
Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, 2014
Photo: Iwan Baan
Inside the horizon, 2014 - Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, 2014 - Photo: Iwan Baan
Inside the horizon, 2014
Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, 2014
Photo: Iwan Baan
Inside the horizon, 2014 - Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, 2014 - Photo: Iwan Baan
Inside the horizon, 2014
Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, 2014
Photo: Iwan Baan
Inside the horizon, 2014 - Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, 2014 - Photo: Iwan Baan
Inside the horizon, 2014
Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, 2014
Photo: Iwan Baan
Inside the horizon, 2014 - Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, 2014 - Photo: Iwan Baan
Inside the horizon, 2014
Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, 2014
Photo: Iwan Baan
Inside the horizon, 2014 - Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, 2014 - Photo: Iwan Baan
Inside the horizon, 2014
Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, 2014
Photo: Iwan Baan
Inside the horizon, 2014 - Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, 2014 - Photo: Iwan Baan
Inside the horizon, 2014
Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, 2014
Photo: Iwan Baan
In this permanent installation at the Frank Gehry-designed Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, a sequence of forty-three triangular columns runs the length of the colonnade along the museum’s subterranean grotto; two sides of each column are clad in mirrors, while the third is made of yellow glass tiles and illuminated from within. The columns, each with different dimensions and placed at a different angle, form a symmetrical arrangement that spreads out from the central column. As visitors move through the work, the play of reflections between the mirrors creates a kaleidoscopic effect that dematerializes the surroundings.
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Olafur Eliasson’s Inside the horizon, 2014, developed especially for the new Frank Gehry–designed Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris, adds forty-three triangular columns to the colonnade opposite the museum building. Two sides of each column are clad in mirrors, while the third is made of yellow glass tiles and illuminated from within. Running the full length of the colonnade, the work presents a vibrant play of light, shadows, and reflections, and offers constantly changing perspectives.
Viewed from the exit, the columns directly opposite create a wall of slightly offset mirrors that reflect a fragmented image of the architecture, the viewers, and their surroundings. The yellow light shifts from inside to outside, escaping through gaps in the columns in some places and directly visible elsewhere.
Central to the work is the visitor’s physical experience of moving among the offset columns, along the corridor, through the yellow light. It is a space that offers multiple perspectives and a site for individual reflection.

Artwork details

Title

Inside the horizon

Year

2014

Materials

Stainless steel, aluminium, LED light system, coloured glass, mirror