OLAFUR ELIASSON
THE UNCERTAIN MUSEUM
Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University
2001 Campus Drive - Durham
19/7/2012 - 30/9/2012
The Nasher Museum brings back a popular work, The uncertain museum (2004), which was the first by this important European artist to enter the museum’s collection. The large-scale interactive installation, like many of Eliasson’s signature works, explores the relationship between spectator and object. Visitors step inside The uncertain museum and see themselves reflected on the mirrored surface of three large glass discs. They become a part of the patterns of projected light and shadow that can be seen from both inside and outside of the space. Eliasson has described this moment of perception, when the viewer pauses to consider the experience, as “seeing yourself sensing.” By introducing heightened ‘natural’ phenomena, such as intense light and reflection into a setting, the artist encourages the viewer to reflect upon an understanding of the surrounding physical world.
THE UNCERTAIN MUSEUM
Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University
2001 Campus Drive - Durham
19/7/2012 - 30/9/2012
The Nasher Museum brings back a popular work, The uncertain museum (2004), which was the first by this important European artist to enter the museum’s collection. The large-scale interactive installation, like many of Eliasson’s signature works, explores the relationship between spectator and object. Visitors step inside The uncertain museum and see themselves reflected on the mirrored surface of three large glass discs. They become a part of the patterns of projected light and shadow that can be seen from both inside and outside of the space. Eliasson has described this moment of perception, when the viewer pauses to consider the experience, as “seeing yourself sensing.” By introducing heightened ‘natural’ phenomena, such as intense light and reflection into a setting, the artist encourages the viewer to reflect upon an understanding of the surrounding physical world.
Eliasson lives
and works in Berlin.
