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Colour experiment no. 97, 2020 - Studio Olafur Eliasson, Berlin – 2022 - Photo: Jens Ziehe
Colour experiment no. 97, 2020
Studio Olafur Eliasson, Berlin – 2022
Photo: Jens Ziehe
Colour experiment no. 97, 2020 - Studio Olafur Eliasson, Berlin – 2022 - Photo: Jens Ziehe
Colour experiment no. 97, 2020
Studio Olafur Eliasson, Berlin – 2022
Photo: Jens Ziehe
Colour experiment no. 97, 2020 - Studio Olafur Eliasson, Berlin – 2022 - Photo: Jens Ziehe
Colour experiment no. 97, 2020
Studio Olafur Eliasson, Berlin – 2022
Photo: Jens Ziehe
Colour experiment no. 97, 2020 - Studio Olafur Eliasson, Berlin – 2022 - Photo: Jens Ziehe
Colour experiment no. 97, 2020
Studio Olafur Eliasson, Berlin – 2022
Photo: Jens Ziehe
Colour experiment no. 97, 2020 - Studio Olafur Eliasson, Berlin – 2022 - Photo: Jens Ziehe
Colour experiment no. 97, 2020
Studio Olafur Eliasson, Berlin – 2022
Photo: Jens Ziehe
Colour experiment no. 97, 2020 - Studio Olafur Eliasson, Berlin – 2022 - Photo: Jens Ziehe
Colour experiment no. 97, 2020
Studio Olafur Eliasson, Berlin – 2022
Photo: Jens Ziehe
Colour experiment no. 97, 2020 - Studio Olafur Eliasson, Berlin – 2022 - Photo: Jens Ziehe
Colour experiment no. 97, 2020
Studio Olafur Eliasson, Berlin – 2022
Photo: Jens Ziehe
Colour experiment no. 97, 2020 - Studio Olafur Eliasson, Berlin – 2022 - Photo: Jens Ziehe
Colour experiment no. 97, 2020
Studio Olafur Eliasson, Berlin – 2022
Photo: Jens Ziehe
Installation view: Your light spectrum and presence, 2022 - Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, Los Angeles – 2022 - Photo: Jeff White
Installation view: Your light spectrum and presence, 2022
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, Los Angeles – 2022
Photo: Jeff White
Installation view: Your light spectrum and presence, 2022 - Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, Los Angeles – 2022 - Photo: Jeff White
Installation view: Your light spectrum and presence, 2022
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, Los Angeles – 2022
Photo: Jeff White
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Geometrically speaking, a rainbow is actually a circle that only appears to be an arch because of the horizon line. If the earth did not block our view of the rainbow, it would appear as a full ring – much like the subject of these paintings. Each of the canvases features a circular band of colours that progresses from red through orange and yellow to green, blue, and indigo – the tones that make up the prismatic spectrum. In contrast to the black background that dominates the majority of the circular canvases, the circular rainbows, like the ephemeral phenomenon that inspired them, seem almost to be made of light.

Artwork details

Title

Colour experiment no. 97

Year

2020

Materials

Oil on canvas