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  • Fivefold eye, 2000 - neugerriemschneider, Berlin, 2000 - Photo: Jens Ziehe
  • Fivefold eye, 2000 - neugerriemschneider, Berlin, 2000 - Photo: Jens Ziehe
  • Model for Fivefold eye, 2000 by Einar Thorsteinn - Photo: Studio Olafur Eliasson
  • Spread from Chaque matin je me sens différent, chaque soir je me sens le même, edited by Angeline Scherf, Paris 2002
Fivefold eye, 2000 - neugerriemschneider, Berlin, 2000 - Photo: Jens Ziehe
Fivefold eye, 2000 - neugerriemschneider, Berlin, 2000 - Photo: Jens Ziehe
Model for Fivefold eye, 2000 by Einar Thorsteinn - Photo: Studio Olafur Eliasson
Spread from Chaque matin je me sens différent, chaque soir je me sens le même, edited by Angeline Scherf, Paris 2002
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Fivefold eye, 2000

compositional layers

Einar Thorsteinn

entanglement

fivefold symmetry

looking in

pentagon

reflection

sphere

three dimensionality

  • compositional layers
  • Einar Thorsteinn
  • entanglement
  • fivefold symmetry
  • looking in
  • pentagon
  • reflection
  • sphere
  • three dimensionality

A semi-sphere made of woven and welded bands of steel, with a 30-cm-wide hole at its apex, is placed on a mirror, so that the "other" half of the sphere appears in the mirror.

 

Artwork details

Title

Fivefold eye

Year

2000

Materials

Stainless steel, glass mirror
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Monographs
  • Olafur Eliasson: Experience, 2018
Solo shows
  • Your only real thing is time, 2001
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