Icelandic-Danish artist Olafur Eliasson (b. 1967, Copenhagen; lives and works in Berlin) presents a new site-specific installation made for The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA. In line with Eliasson’s career-long exploration of light and color, geometry, and environmental awareness, the installation playfully engages with material and immaterial qualities of the museum’s architecture. A series of large-scale optical devices designed specifically for MOCA Geffen responds to the building itself, as well as to the everchanging atmosphere of Los Angeles. Visitors encounter a dazzling range of sensory experiences that harness the laws of geometric optics to address feelings and concepts of embodiment, perception, and participation.
Please be advised that Olafur Eliasson: OPEN features low lighting in some galleries and one artwork with flashing lights.
Olafur Eliasson: OPEN is among the more than 70 exhibitions and programs presented as part of PST ART: Art & Science Collide. This landmark regional event explores the intersections of art and science, both past and present. PST ART is a Getty Initiative.
Olafur Eliasson: OPEN is organized by José Luis Blondet, Senior Curator, and Rebecca Lowery, Associate Curator, with Emilia Nicholson-Fajardo, Curatorial Assistant, and Anastasia Kahn, former Curatorial Assistant, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.
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Presenting support is provided by Mary and David Martin / MADWORKSHOP. This exhibition is made possible with support from Getty through its PST ART: Art & Science Collide initiative. Lead support is provided by The Aileen Getty Foundation, Maurice Marciano, the MOCA Environmental Council, Generous support is provided by Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, Additional support is provided by Siri Stolt-Nielsen,
Exhibitions at MOCA are supported by the MOCA Fund for Exhibitions with generous funding provided by Michael and Zelene Fowler, Jordan S. Goodman + The Goodman Family Foundation, The Earl and Shirley Greif Foundation, and Pamela West. |
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, and Maria Seferian.
, Kathi and Gary Cypres, Molly and Bill Ford, Agnes Gund, Nancy and Bruce Newberg, and Carolyn Clark Powers.
, and the Danish Arts Foundation.
The carbon emissions from this exhibition have been measured and reduced as a part of MOCA’s climate commitment. Support provided by the MOCA Environmental Council.
