BOOK:Unspoken Spaces, Thames & Hudson Publications

The first major new monograph on Olafur Eliasson in almost a decade, produced in close collaboration with Olafur Eliasson and his studio “Unspoken Spaces” by Thames & Hudson Publications, in its 416 pages explores, often in Eliasson’s own words, the artist’s driving interest in finding visionary shapes to represent abstract ideas, and presents an visual journey through spheres, tunnels, towers, walkways and archways, as well as pavilions and larger buildings realized by Eliasson and his studio since the late ‘90s, 8 essays give further insight into the work of Olafur Eliasson. The works range from small-scale experiments to large-scale projects in the public realm, among them striking buildings such as “The Serpentine Galleries Pavilion” (2007) in London (with Kjetil Thorsen), “Your rainbow panorama” (2006–11) in Aarhus, Denmark, or the crystalline façade for Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre (2005–11) in Reykjavik. Each work is presented through in-depth project descriptions.-Dimitris Lempesis