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  • Suney, 1995 - Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, 2010 – 1995 - Photo: Jens Ziehe
  • Suney, 1995 - Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, 2010 – 1995 - Photo: Jens Ziehe
  • Suney, 1995 - Tate Modern, London – 2019 - Photo: Anders Sune Berg
  • Installation view, Olafur Eliasson: In real life, 2019 - Tate Modern, London – 2019 - Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Suney, 1995 - Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, 2010 – 1995 - Photo: Jens Ziehe
Suney, 1995 - Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, 2010 – 1995 - Photo: Jens Ziehe
Suney, 1995 - Tate Modern, London – 2019 - Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Installation view, Olafur Eliasson: In real life, 2019 - Tate Modern, London – 2019 - Photo: Anders Sune Berg
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Suney, 1995

colour

colour saturation

double perspective

light

looking at, looking through

seeing differently

transparency

wall

yellow

  • colour
  • colour saturation
  • double perspective
  • light
  • looking at, looking through
  • seeing differently
  • transparency
  • wall
  • yellow

A transparent yellow plastic sheet divides a gallery space into two unequal parts. The sheet prevents visitors from crossing the room, which has two entrances. When standing on one side, looking through the sheet, the space on the other side appears saturated with yellow light.

 

Artwork details

Title

Suney

Year

1995

Materials

Transparent plastic sheet (yellow)
Related
Exhibition catalogues
  • Olafur Eliasson: In Real Life, 2019
  • Innen Stadt Außen, 2010
  • Take Your Time: Olafur Eliasson, 2007
  • Your Lighthouse: Works with Light 1991–2004, 2004
  • Olafur Eliasson, 1997
Monographs
  • Olafur Eliasson: Experience, 2018
  • Studio Olafur Eliasson: An Encyclopedia, 2008
  • Olafur Eliasson, 2002
Solo shows
  • Olafur Eliasson: In real life, 2020
  • Olafur Eliasson: In real life, 2019
  • Innen Stadt Außen, 2010
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