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Fivefold cube, 2002 - Photo: Jens Ziehe, 2015
Fivefold cube, 2002
Photo: Jens Ziehe, 2015
Fivefold cube, 2002 - Studio Olafur Eliasson, 2015 - Photo: Jens Ziehe
Fivefold cube, 2002
Studio Olafur Eliasson, 2015
Photo: Jens Ziehe
Fivefold cube, 2002 - Photo: Jens Ziehe, 2015
Fivefold cube, 2002
Photo: Jens Ziehe, 2015
Fivefold cube, 2002 - Photo: Jens Ziehe, 2015
Fivefold cube, 2002
Photo: Jens Ziehe, 2015
Fivefold cube, 2002 - The Winter Palace of Prince Eugene of Savoy, Vienna 2015 - Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Fivefold cube, 2002
The Winter Palace of Prince Eugene of Savoy, Vienna 2015
Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Fivefold cube, 2002 - The Winter Palace of Prince Eugene of Savoy, Vienna 2015 - Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Fivefold cube, 2002
The Winter Palace of Prince Eugene of Savoy, Vienna 2015
Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Fivefold cube, 2002 - The Winter Palace of Prince Eugene of Savoy, Vienna 2015 - Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Fivefold cube, 2002
The Winter Palace of Prince Eugene of Savoy, Vienna 2015
Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Fivefold cube, 2002 - Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, 2003 – 2000 - Photo: Olafur Eliasson
Fivefold cube, 2002
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, 2003 – 2000
Photo: Olafur Eliasson
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A three-dimensional translation of the Amman lines that appear across the artist’s explorations of fivefold symmetry, Fivefold cube is based on a geometry experiment undertaken with Eliasson’s long-time collaborator, the mathematician Einar Thorsteinn. Constructed from panels of OSB particle board, the waist-high sculpture presents a composite of five cubes that have been rotated around a common axis and placed inside one another to produce a complex yet symmetrical form. The elegance and precision of the geometry contrasts with the organic irregularity of the scattered strands of compressed wood from which it is composed.