Sell what you have plenty of Buy now - Bruun Rasmussen
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Sell what you have plenty of Buy now - Bruun Rasmussen
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119 CD<br />
Olafur Eliasson<br />
b. 1967<br />
"Islandsserien" (The Iceland Series), 2000. All signed, titled<br />
and dated on the reverse Olafur Eliasson 2000 1/1. Three<br />
photographs in colours. Each 60 x 90 cm. (3).<br />
Exhibited: "Stalke Out Of Space - 10 års jubilæumsauktion 1991-<br />
2001", Galleri Stalke, 2001, ill. in the cat. p. 36-37, mentioned<br />
p. 33-35. The work was executed especially for Galleri Stalke’s<br />
jubilee exhibition and has not been <strong>of</strong>fered for sale since.<br />
Birgitte Kirkh<strong>of</strong>f writes about the series in the above mentioned<br />
catalogue:<br />
"Iceland serie 2001 by Olafur Eliasson makes the relation between<br />
nature and culture explicit. Three large photographs show greenhouses<br />
in the Icelandic landscape. The greenhouses are placed on<br />
top <strong>of</strong> hot springs that produce enough energy for a production <strong>of</strong><br />
fruits and vegetables to feed the entire Icelandic population. The<br />
greenhouses are lit from the inside and almost look like spaceships<br />
that <strong>have</strong> landed in the landscape. Their geometric structures<br />
stand out from the organic forms <strong>of</strong> nature, but in a way that also<br />
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