As viewers of art or visitors to an exhibition, we remain blissfully unaware of the many hours that go into transporting, preparing and positioning each piece. Nadia Maljkovic is an MCA Educator and Preparator. She has recently been overseeing the installation of ‘Moss wall’ (1994) as part of Take your time: Olafur Eliasson and shares [...]
In this second interview chapter (read part one here), TwoThousand art contributor Sinisa Mackovic continues his conversation with MCA Senior Curator Rachel Kent about bringing Take Your Time: Olafur Eliasson to Australia.
In early spring, 2006, at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, two men sat down to chat. On the left was Danish/Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson, who had recently installed a sun in London’s Tate Modern. Opposite him was legendary American artist Robert Irwin, whose installations had long used light and space to manipulate the context [...]
What would you do with a moss wall, a room full of foam-core, an inverted disco sphere? Let’s not forget the possible colour tunnels and sunset kaleidoscopes. Bringing the works of Olafur Eliasson to Sydney is the mission facing MCA Senior Curator, Rachel Kent. In chapter one of this two part interview series, TwoThousand’s Art Editor Sinisa [...]
Interview with Olafur Eliasson