Olafur Eliasson

The transparent simplicity and experiential nature of his work has built Olafur Eliassons reputation as one of the worlds most accessible creators of contemporary art. Eliassons works emphasize tricks of light, refraction and scale, and tend to involve each viewer in his or her own unique experience, as in Beauty, which, by passing light through a wall of fine mist, produces a different rainbow when viewed from different points in the gallery. And his works engage passers-by in urban environments -- Eye See You, a project for Louis Vuitton (and meant to publicize 121 Ethiopia, an African nonprofit Eliasson co-founded with his wife), grabs viewers in the street with a beam of light shot from the window by an eye-shaped lamp.

Your making things explicit 2009 Installation view at: 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, 2009-10

Your watercolour horizon 2009 Installation view at: Your chance encounter, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, 2009-10

The inside of outside 2008 Selected exhibitions: neugerriemschneider, Berlin, 2008

Remagine (large version) 2002 Selected exhibitions: Your Lighthouse, Kunstmuseum, Wolfsburg, 2004