Having an experience is taking part in the world. Taking part in the world is really about sharing responsibility.
Olafur EliassonI don't know a single collector or museum director who says: 'Oh, he's on a list, so I think I'll buy something of his.' The people who buy my art put a little more thought into it than that.
Olafur EliassonI always try to make work that activates the viewer to be a co-producer of our shared reality.
Olafur EliassonOver the years, in making art, I have constantly explored issues dealing with space, time, light, and society. I am particularly interested in how the light of a space determines how we see that space and similarly, in how light and color are actually phenomena within us, within our own eyes.
Olafur Eliasson