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  • Soil quasi bricks, 2003 - MoMA PS1, Long Island City, New York, 2008 – 2003 - Photo: Matthew Septimus; Courtesy P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center
  • Soil quasi bricks, 2003 - Danish Pavilion, 50th Biennale di Venezia, Venice, 2003 - Photo: Giorgio Boato
  • Soil quasi bricks, 2003 - ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Denmark, 2004 – 2003 - Photo: Poul Pedersen
  • Soil quasi bricks, 2003 - Jarla Partilager, Stockholm, 2008 – 2003 - Photo: Mathias Johansson
  • Soil quasi bricks, 2003 - Jarla Partilager, Stockholm, 2008 – 2003 - Photo: Mathias Johansson
  • Soil quasi bricks, 2003 - Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 2009 – 2003 - Photo: Olafur Eliasson
  • Soil quasi bricks, 2003 - Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago 2009 – 2003 - Photo: Nathan Keay / Courtesy of Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
  • Soil quasi bricks, 2003 - Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 2009 – 2003 - Photo: Jenni Carter
  • Soil quasi bricks, 2003 - ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Denmark, 2004 - Photo: Poul Pedersen
  • Soil quasi bricks, 2003 - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2007-2008 - Photo: Ian Reeves / Courtesy of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
  • Soil quasi bricks, 2003 - P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, 2008 – 2003
Soil quasi bricks, 2003 - MoMA PS1, Long Island City, New York, 2008 – 2003 - Photo: Matthew Septimus; Courtesy P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center
Soil quasi bricks, 2003 - Danish Pavilion, 50th Biennale di Venezia, Venice, 2003 - Photo: Giorgio Boato
Soil quasi bricks, 2003 - ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Denmark, 2004 – 2003 - Photo: Poul Pedersen
Soil quasi bricks, 2003 - Jarla Partilager, Stockholm, 2008 – 2003 - Photo: Mathias Johansson
Soil quasi bricks, 2003 - Jarla Partilager, Stockholm, 2008 – 2003 - Photo: Mathias Johansson
Soil quasi bricks, 2003 - Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 2009 – 2003 - Photo: Olafur Eliasson
Soil quasi bricks, 2003 - Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago 2009 – 2003 - Photo: Nathan Keay / Courtesy of Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Soil quasi bricks, 2003 - Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 2009 – 2003 - Photo: Jenni Carter
Soil quasi bricks, 2003 - ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Denmark, 2004 - Photo: Poul Pedersen
Soil quasi bricks, 2003 - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2007-2008 - Photo: Ian Reeves / Courtesy of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Soil quasi bricks, 2003 - P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, 2008 – 2003
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Soil quasi bricks, 2003

Einar Thorsteinn

hexagon

modular

quasi brick

reconfiguring space

three dimensionality

  • Einar Thorsteinn
  • hexagon
  • modular
  • quasi brick
  • reconfiguring space
  • three dimensionality

The end section of the quasi-brick has been adapted to form a hexagonal tiling system. The individual tiles, randomly rotated, are used to line the walls of a room from floor to ceiling.

Artwork details

Title

Soil quasi bricks

Year

2003

Materials

Fired compressed-soil tiles, wood
Related
Exhibition catalogues
  • Winter Solstice, Equinox, Summer Solstice, 2009
  • Take Your Time: Olafur Eliasson, 2007
  • Colour Memory and Other Informal Shadows, 2004
  • Minding the World, 2004
Monographs
  • Det indre af det ydre, 2008
  • Studio Olafur Eliasson: An Encyclopedia, 2008
Solo shows
  • Take your time: Olafur Eliasson, 2009
  • Take your time: Olafur Eliasson, 2009
  • Take your time: Olafur Eliasson, 2008
  • Take your time: Olafur Eliasson, 2008
  • Equinox, 2008
  • Take your time: Olafur Eliasson, 2007-2008
  • Minding the world, 2004-2005
  • The body as brain: Projekt Sammlung (2), 2004
  • The Blind Pavilion, 2003
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