Model room • Artwork • Studio Olafur Eliasson

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Model room, 2003 - Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, 2010 - Photo: Jens Ziehe — Model room, 2003
Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, 2010
Photo: Jens Ziehe

Model room, 2003 - Moderna Museet, Stockholm 2015 - Photo: Anders Sune Berg — Model room, 2003
Moderna Museet, Stockholm 2015
Photo: Anders Sune Berg

Installation view - Aedes am Pfefferberg, Berlin, 2006 - Photo: Felix Hallwachs / Studio Olafur Eliasson — Installation view
Aedes am Pfefferberg, Berlin, 2006
Photo: Felix Hallwachs / Studio Olafur Eliasson

Model room, 2003 - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2007 - Photo: Ian Reeves / Courtesy of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art — Model room, 2003
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2007
Photo: Ian Reeves / Courtesy of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Model room, 2003 - Lunds Konsthall, Sweden, 2005 - Photo: Terje Östling — Model room, 2003
Lunds Konsthall, Sweden, 2005
Photo: Terje Östling

Model room, 2003 - Lunds Konsthall, Sweden, 2005 - Photo: Jens Ziehe — Model room, 2003
Lunds Konsthall, Sweden, 2005
Photo: Jens Ziehe

Model room, 2003 - Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark 2014 - Photo: Anders Sune Berg — Model room, 2003
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark 2014
Photo: Anders Sune Berg

Model room, 2003 - P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, 2008 – 2003 — Model room, 2003
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, 2008 – 2003

Model room, 2003 - Tate Modern, London – 2019 - Photo: Anders Sune Berg — Model room, 2003
Tate Modern, London – 2019
Photo: Anders Sune Berg

Model room, 2003 - Guggenheim Museum Bilbao – 2020 - Photo: Erika Ede — Model room, 2003
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao – 2020
Photo: Erika Ede

From 1996 until 2014, Eliasson collaborated with Icelandic artist and architect Einar Thorsteinn. ‘Model room’ contains a broad selection of the intricately constructed models, geometrical forms, and maquettes of various sizes that were developed by the two over the years. The artwork, which grew and changed as new studies were added, is shown here as it was installed at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark, in 2014. Thorsteinn, 1942–2015, an Icelandic mathematician and architect, was a close, long-term collaborator and friend of Eliasson and the studio.
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Model room, 2003

Since 1996, Eliasson has collaborated with Einar Thorsteinn, an Icelandic artist and architect. A cabinet of their investigations, the Model room contains numerous intricately constructed models and maquettes of various sizes. These represent a selection of prototypes, mock-ups, and geometrical studies. A specially designed nonorthogonal display system presents Eliasson's and Thorsteinn's broader research into spatial structures. As their studies develop, new models are added to the collection.

Artwork details
Title	Model room
Year	2003
Materials	Wood table with steel legs, mixed media models, maquettes, prototypes

Related
Artist's books	Leer es respirar, es devenir: Escritos de Olafur Eliasson, 2012 Never Tired of Looking at Each Other – Only the Mountain and I, 2012 Los modelos son reales, 2009
Conversation books	Olafur Eliasson and Hans Ulrich Obrist: The Conversation Series; vol. 13, 2008
Essays	The Server / User Mode by Caroline A. Jones, 2007
Exhibition catalogues	Olafur Eliasson: In Real Life, 2019 Watercolours / WASSERfarben, 2018 Reality machines, 2015 Riverbed, Louisiana Museum of modern art, 2014 Innen Stadt Außen, 2010 La naturalesa de les coses / La naturaleza de las cosas / The Nature of Things, 2008 Take Your Time: Olafur Eliasson, 2007 A Laboratory of Mediating Space, 2006 Frost Activity, 2004
Interviews	Reality Drivers: Olafur Eliasson and Sebastian Behmann, 2018
Monographs	Olafur Eliasson: Experience, 2018 Olafur Eliasson, 2013 Det indre af det ydre, 2008 Studio Olafur Eliasson: An Encyclopedia, 2008
Solo shows	Olafur Eliasson: In real life, 2020 Olafur Eliasson: In real life, 2019 Olafur Eliasson: Verklighetsmaskiner, 2015 Riverbed, 2014 Olafur Eliasson: Innen Stadt Außen, 2010 Take your time: Olafur Eliasson, 2009 Take your time: Olafur Eliasson, 2009 Take your time: Olafur Eliasson, 2008 Take your time: Olafur Eliasson, 2007-2008 Olafur Eliasson: A laboratory of mediating space, 2006 Olafur Eliasson: The light setup, 2005 The body as brain: Projekt Sammlung (2), 2004 Olafur Eliasson: Frost activity, 2004

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