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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 projects are intentionally simple in construction but thrilling to behold, sparking profound, visceral reactions designed to heighten ones experience of the everyday.
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