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Lines for horizons, 2014 - Photo: Jens Ziehe
Lines for horizons, 2014
Photo: Jens Ziehe
Lines for horizons, 2014 - Photo: Jens Ziehe
Lines for horizons, 2014
Photo: Jens Ziehe
Lines for horizons, 2014 - The Winter Palace of Prince Eugene of Savoy, Vienna 2015 - Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Lines for horizons, 2014
The Winter Palace of Prince Eugene of Savoy, Vienna 2015
Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Lines for horizons, 2014 - The Winter Palace of Prince Eugene of Savoy, Vienna 2015 - Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Lines for horizons, 2014
The Winter Palace of Prince Eugene of Savoy, Vienna 2015
Photo: Anders Sune Berg
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The surface of a glass sphere resting on a pedestal is covered with a geometric pattern. The sphere has been silvered and then painted flat black. Thin lines removed from the silvering and paint along certain circumferential segments create the surface’s geometric pattern. When viewers peer into the sphere, these interstitial voids reveal a mesmerizing infinitude, as the work’s geometry is reflected again and again in the mirror finish that coats the sphere’s inner surface. With this sphere, Eliasson continues to explore the geometric vocabulary of three-dimensional addition and subtraction that he began examining with Einar Thorsteinn fifteen years ago.

Artwork details

Title

Lines for horizons

Year

2014

Materials

Partially silvered glass sphere, acrylic paint (black), stainless steel, paint (black)