Press Kit Olafur Eliasson - English

Olafur Eliasson 
Yellow corridor, 1997 
Monofrequency lights Dimensions variable The Juan & Patricia Vergez Collection, Buenos Aires 
Installation view: OLAFUR ELIASSON: BAROQUE BAROQUE, The Winter Palace of Prince Eugene of Savoy, Vienna 2015, Photo: Anders Sune Berg, © 1997 Olafur Eliasson

With works from Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary (TBA21) and Juan & Patricia Vergez (Buenos Aires) private collections

The Winter Palace of Prince Eugene of Savoy 
November 21, 2015 – March 6, 2016


Belvedere and Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary (TBA21) are pleased to announce their upcoming exhibition with the Danish Icelandic artist Olafur EliassonBAROQUE BAROQUE is an ambitious venture that brings together and reconnects some of Eliasson’s most distinguished works from the private holdings of TBA21 and the Juan and Patricia Vergez Collection, Buenos Aires. The overview of artworks from two decades of Eliasson’s artistic practice will explore the affinities between his work and the extraordinary baroque setting of the Belvedere’s Winter Palace of Prince Eugene of Savoy in Vienna. Alongside these works, new site-specific interventions will activate and articulate the historical ensemble, establishing a dialogue between the volubility of the baroque architecture and the modulating perception provided by Eliasson’s artworks. 

The Winter Palace of Prince Eugene of Savoy 
Himmelpfortgasse 8, 1010 Vienna
Olafur Eliasson 
Kaleidoscope, 2001
 
Aluminum, aluminum mirrors, foamcore, gaffer tape 180 x 180 x 728 cm The Juan & Patricia Vergez Collection, Buenos Aires 
Installation view: OLAFUR ELIASSON: BAROQUE BAROQUE, The Winter Palace of Prince Eugene of Savoy, Vienna 2015, Photo: Anders Sune Berg, © 2001 Olafur Eliasson
Olafur Eliasson 
Kaleidoscope, 2001
 
Aluminum, aluminum mirrors, foamcore, gaffer tape 180 x 180 x 728 cm The Juan & Patricia Vergez Collection, Buenos Aires 
Installation view: OLAFUR ELIASSON: BAROQUE BAROQUE, The Winter Palace of Prince Eugene of Savoy, Vienna 2015, Photo: Anders Sune Berg, © 2001 Olafur Eliasson
Olafur Eliasson 
Wishes versus wonders, 2015
 
Steel, brass, mirror 90 x 500 x 250 cm, ø 6.5 cm Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Collection, Vienna 
Installation view: OLAFUR ELIASSON: BAROQUE BAROQUE, The Winter Palace of Prince Eugene of Savoy, Vienna 2015, Photo: Anders Sune Berg, © 2015 Olafur Eliasson
Olafur Eliasson 
New Berlin Sphere, 2009
 
Stainless steel, colored glass, aluminum, bulb ø 140 cm Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Collection, Vienna 
Installation view: OLAFUR ELIASSON: BAROQUE BAROQUE, The Winter Palace of Prince Eugene of Savoy, Vienna 2015, Photo: Anders Sune Berg, © 2009 Olafur Eliasson
Olafur Eliasson 
Yellow corridor, 1997
 
Monofrequency lights Dimensions variable The Juan & Patricia Vergez Collection, Buenos Aires 
Installation view: OLAFUR ELIASSON: BAROQUE BAROQUE, The Winter Palace of Prince Eugene of Savoy, Vienna 2015, Photo: Anders Sune Berg, © 1997 Olafur Eliasson
Olafur Eliasson 
Wishes versus wonders, 2015
 
Steel, brass, mirror 90 x 500 x 250 cm, ø 6.5 cm Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Collection, Vienna 
Installation view: OLAFUR ELIASSON: BAROQUE BAROQUE, The Winter Palace of Prince Eugene of Savoy, Vienna 2015, Photo: Anders Sune Berg, © 2015 Olafur Eliasson
Olafur Eliasson 
Yellow corridor, 1997
 
Monofrequency lights Dimensions variable The Juan & Patricia Vergez Collection, Buenos Aires 
Installation view: OLAFUR ELIASSON: BAROQUE BAROQUE, The Winter Palace of Prince Eugene of Savoy, Vienna 2015, Photo: Anders Sune Berg, © 1997 Olafur Eliasson
Olafur Eliasson 
Die organische und kristalline Beschreibung (The organic and crystalline description), 1996
 
Projector, wave effect machine, color filter foil, convex mirror Dimensions variable Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Collection, Vienna 
Installation view: OLAFUR ELIASSON: BAROQUE BAROQUE, The Winter Palace of Prince Eugene of Savoy, Vienna 2015, Photo: Anders Sune Berg, © 1996 Olafur Eliasson
Olafur Eliasson 
Eye see you, 2006
 
Stainless steel, aluminum, color-effect filter glass, bulb 230 x 120 x 110 cm Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Collection, Vienna 
Installation view: OLAFUR ELIASSON: BAROQUE BAROQUE, The Winter Palace of Prince Eugene of Savoy, Vienna 2015, Photo: Anders Sune Berg, © 2006 Olafur Eliasson
Olafur Eliasson 
New Berlin Sphere, 2009
 
Stainless steel, colored glass, aluminum, bulb ø 140 cm Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Collection, Vienna 
Installation view: OLAFUR ELIASSON: BAROQUE BAROQUE, The Winter Palace of Prince Eugene of Savoy, Vienna 2015, Photo: Anders Sune Berg, © 2009 Olafur Eliasson
Olafur Eliasson 
Five orientation lights, 1999
 
Stainless steel, colored glass, halogen bulbs, Fresnel lenses Dimensions variable, each 200 x 70 x 70 cm The Juan & Patricia Vergez Collection, Buenos Aires 
Installation view: OLAFUR ELIASSON: BAROQUE BAROQUE, Upper Belvedere – Marble Hall, Vienna 2015, Photo: Anders Sune Berg, © 1999 Olafur Eliasson