The Olafur Eliasson exhibit has been up at the SFMoma for a few months now and just last night I finally got my ass over there.
The show will be open through February and if you have a chance you should DEF check it out. His work transforms spaces through the use light, sound and geometric shapes. It is an entirely visceral and interactive experience. I was only there for an hour before the museum closed and I definitely plan on a return visit to fully appreciate the exhibit.
SO super cool.
Here's his bio from the Moma website:
Saturday, September 08, 2007 - Sunday, February 24, 2008
Widely heralded as one of the most important artists of his generation, Olafur Eliasson nimbly merges art, science, and natural phenomena to create extraordinary multisensory experiences. Challenging the passive nature of traditional art-viewing, he engages the observer as an active participant, using tangible elements such as temperature, moisture, aroma, and light to generate physical sensations. The works assembled for this presentation — the first U.S. survey of this Icelandic artist's oeuvre — date from 1993 to the present and reflect all facets of his creative practice. Encompassing sculpture, photography, and large-scale immersive installations — including a newly commissioned kaleidoscopic tunnel that envelops the Museum's steel truss bridge — these groundbreaking projects are intentionally simple in construction but thrilling to behold, sparking profound, visceral reactions designed to heighten one's experience of the everyday.
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