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Contemporary Art Eliasson, Olafur
Life.
See original version (German)
312
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Contemporary Art Eliasson, Olafur
Life.
See original version (German)
Estimate €1,200 - €1,600
Voluntary lot
Description
Contemporary Art
Eliasson, Olafur
Life. 2021. Silkscreen print in fluorescent ink on 300 g Daunendruck paper. 84 x 60 cm (89 × 64 cm). With certificate, signed there, numbered and bearing further details of the work. – Corners very slightly bumped, overall in very good condition. A magnificent print with fresh, rich colours, featuring an image that almost fills the entire sheet. The colours are fluorescent and glow in the dark.
One of 365 copies numbered by Olafur Eliasson according to the date of creation. – Published by the museum to mark the exhibition of the same name at the Fondation Beyeler. The exhibition ran from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021. - Printed by Arni Siebdruck, Basel. - With ‘Life’, Olafur Eliasson created an immersive exhibition in 2021 in which life, in all its facets, is presented as the ultimate space for experience, and culture is inextricably linked with nature. ‘Life’ signifies an opening outwards, for which Eliasson made all boundaries disappear: he removed several of the museum’s windows to create a single large space in place of the museum interior and the outdoor area. Furthermore, ‘Life’ was open all day, making it possible to experience the exhibition both by day and by night. To create the effect at night, Eliasson coloured the water of the water-lily pond with fluorescent dyes that glowed in the dark, signifying a fluid transition from day to night. In this interplay – and without boundaries – between light and darkness, nature and the museum spaces, the institution, the artist and the visitors, everything comes together in an immediate sense of togetherness. Coexistence means life; ‘Life’ was Eliasson’s approach to making the world a place worth living in through ultimate openness to all species.
Silkscreen in luminous paint on paper. With a certificate, signed and numbered by the artist, containing further details of the work. – Corners very slightly bumped, overall in very good condition. A splendid, fresh and rich impression of the nearly full-sized depiction. The colours are fluorescent and glow in the dark. – One of 365 copies numbered by Olafur Eliasson according to the date of creation. – Published by the museum to mark the exhibition of the same name at the Fondation Beyeler, Basel.
*This lot is subject to standard tax. A 24.95% buyer’s premium is payable on the hammer price, and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offset Prints, Photographs) is payable on the final invoice amount within the European Union. This work is subject to the standard tax regime. A 24.95% buyer’s premium is charged on the hammer price, and 7% (books and art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints and photographs) is charged on the final invoice amount within the European Union.
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