in online exhibition 55 Years of Schellmann Art



Olafur Eliasson's installation The Weather Project, 2003 in Tate Modern's Turbine Hall, London
Sunset Door, 2006
From Door Cycle
Wooden door panel with color-effect filter and light; bucket. Size: door 210 x 90 x 12 cm (82¾ x 35½ x 4¾ in), bucket 28 x 30 cm dia. (11 x 12 in). Edition: 15, signed and numbered on separate label.
This edition, Sunset Door, is a reference to the large-scale installation Olafur Eliasson created for the Turbine Hall in the Tate Modern, London, shown October 2003 through March 2004 (see second image). In this installation, The Weather Project, representations of the sun and sky dominated the expanse of the Turbine Hall. A fine mist permeated the space, as if creeping in from the environment outside. At the far end of the hall was a giant semi-circular form made up of hundreds of mono-frequency lamps. The arc repeated in the mirror overhead produced a sphere of dazzling radiance linking the real space with the reflection. Mono-frequency lamps emitted light at such a narrow frequency that colors other than yellow and black were invisible, thus transforming the visual field around the sun into a vast duotone landscape.