Olafur Eliasson: Your curious journey

➤ Installation view of Olafur Eliasson’s ‘Wind writings (22 March 2023, 23 March 2023, 20 June 2023, 28 June 2023)’ & ‘Sun drawing (21 June 2023, 22 June 2023’ (2023), as part of ‘Olafur Eliasson: Your curious journey’ at SAM at Tanjong Pagar Distripark; Photo: Joseph Nair, Memphis West Pictures; Image courtesy of the artist and Singapore Art Museum; © 2023 Olafur Eliasson

ACCLAIMED ICELANDIC-DANISH ARTIST OLAFUR ELIASSON’S FIRST MAJOR SURVEY EXHIBITION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA MAKES DEBUT AT SAM

Titled ‘Your curious journey’, the exhibition brings together 17 key works that encapsulate the themes and environmental concerns explored throughout Eliasson’s three-decade-long practice.

名為《Your curious journey》的展覽匯集了17件代表埃利亞松三十年創作生涯中探索主題和環境關注的主要作品。

➤ Installation view of Olafur Eliasson’s ‘Beauty’ (1993), as part of ‘Olafur Eliasson: Your curious journey’ at SAM at Tanjong Pagar Distripark; Photo: Joseph Nair, Memphis West Pictures; Image courtesy of the artist and Singapore Art Museum; © 1993 Olafur Eliasson

➤ Installation view of Olafur Eliasson’s ‘Circumstellar resonator’ (2018), as part of ‘Olafur Eliasson: Your curious journey’ at SAM at Tanjong Pagar Distripark; Photo: Joseph Nair, Memphis West Pictures; Image courtesy of the artist and Singapore Art Museum; © 2018 Olafur Eliasson

Singapore, 9 May 2024 – Singapore Art Museum (SAM) proudly announces the opening of the highly anticipated exhibition Olafur Eliasson: Your curious journey, the first major solo exhibition in Southeast Asia dedicated to the work of internationally celebrated Icelandic-Danish artist Olafur Eliasson. Featuring 17 artworks that employ diverse media to reflect the expanse of Eliasson’s wide-ranging oeuvre, the exhibition will touch on major themes of his three-decade-long practice — embodiment, experience, perception, as well as the urgency of climate action and more-than-human perspectives. Included in this stellar line-up are also never-before-seen works and Singapore-exclusive installations only available at this leg of the travelling show, as Your curious journey moves on to four other venues in the Asia-Pacific after making its debut at SAM at Tanjong Pagar Distripark from 10 May to 22 September 2024.

新加坡，2024年5月9日——新加坡美術館（SAM）自豪地宣布，備受期待的展覽《Olafur Eliasson: Your curious journey》正式開幕，這是國際著名的冰島-丹麥藝術家奧拉弗·埃利亞松在東南亞的首次大型個展。展覽展示了17件利用多種媒介創作的藝術品，反映了埃利亞松廣泛的藝術風格和三十年來的主要主題——體驗、感知、知覺，以及氣候行動和超越人類視角的緊迫性。在這次精彩的展覽中，還包括了從未公開展示過的作品和新加坡獨家展品，這些作品僅在此次展覽中展出。該展覽將於 2024年5月10日至9月22日 在Tanjong Pagar Distripark的SAM展出，之後將移師亞太地區其他四個場館。

➤ Detail view of Olafur Eliasson’s ‘Double spiral’ (2001), as part of ‘Olafur Eliasson: Your curious journey’ at SAM at Tanjong Pagar Distripark; Photo: Joseph Nair, Memphis West Pictures; Image courtesy of the artist and Singapore Art Museum; © 2001 Olafur Eliasson

➤ Installation view of Olafur Eliasson’s ‘Moss wall’ (1994), as part of ‘Olafur Eliasson: Your curious journey’ at SAM at Tanjong Pagar Distripark; Photo: Joseph Nair, Memphis West Pictures; Image courtesy of the artist and Singapore Art Museum; © 1994 Olafur Eliasson

➤ Detail view of Olafur Eliasson’s ‘The last seven days of glacial ice’ (2024), as part of ‘Olafur Eliasson: Your curious journey’ at SAM at Tanjong Pagar Distripark; Photo: Joseph Nair, Memphis West Pictures; Image courtesy of the artist and Singapore Art Museum; © 2024 Olafur Eliasson

Internationally renowned for his wide-ranging, genre-crossing works, Eliasson has exhibited his works in major museums and public spaces around the globe since 1997. Eliasson is known for his captivating installations that make the ungraspable tangible — heightening our awareness of our senses and playfully challenging our experience and perception of the world around us. Beyond that, Eliasson’s work continues to find meaningful resonance with contemporary audiences through his deep engagement with society and the environment.

埃利亞松以其廣泛、跨界的作品而聞名，自1997年以來，他的作品已在全球主要博物館和公共空間展出。埃利亞松以其引人入勝的裝置藝術聞名，使不可觸及的事物變得具象化——提升我們對感官的認識，並以趣味挑戰我們對周圍世界的經驗和感知。除此之外，埃利亞松的作品通過與社會和環境的深刻互動，繼續與當代觀眾產生有意義的共鳴。

➤ Detail view of Olafur Eliasson’s ‘The seismographic testimony of distance (Berlin–Singapore, no. 1 to no. 6)’ (2024), as part of ‘Olafur Eliasson: Your curious journey’ at SAM at Tanjong Pagar Distripark; Photo: Joseph Nair, Memphis West Pictures; Image courtesy of the artist and Singapore Art Museum; © 2024 Olafur Eliasson

➤ Installation view of Olafur Eliasson’s ‘Yellow corridor’ (1997), as part of ‘Olafur Eliasson: Your curious journey’ at SAM at Tanjong Pagar Distripark; Photo: Joseph Nair, Memphis West Pictures; Image courtesy of the artist and Singapore Art Museum; © 1997 Olafur Eliasson

Eugene Tan, CEO and Director of SAM says, “SAM seeks to inspire change through art and cultivate spaces for collaborative dialogues to occur, and is delighted to bring the works of visionary artist Olafur Eliasson to Southeast Asia for the first time, at such scale. Taking over the museum’s galleries at Tanjong Pagar Distripark, audiences familiar with Eliasson’s iconic works can anticipate a broad range of works that unpack his unique aesthetic and the major themes that underscore his practice over the past 30 years. We also look forward to connect new audiences to Eliasson’s work in Your curious journey, where they can immerse themselves in Eliasson’s interactive installations and discover the varied perspectives that contemporary art can bring to some of today’s most pressing social and environmental issues. Along with our partners Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Museum MACAN, and Museum of Contemporary Art and Design, Manila, we are excited to see how the global story of Your curious journey unfolds as it travels across Asia-Pacific.”

新加坡美術館的CEO兼館長Eugene Tan表示：“新加坡美術館希望通過藝術激發變革，並培養協作對話的空間，我們非常高興能夠在如此規模下，首次將富有遠見的藝術家奧拉弗·埃利亞松的作品帶到東南亞。接管位於Tanjong Pagar Distripark的美術館展廳，熟悉埃利亞松標誌性作品的觀眾可以期待一系列廣泛的作品，這些作品揭示了他獨特的美學和過去三十年來支持他創作實踐的主要主題。我們也期待將新觀眾與《Your curious journey》中的埃利亞松作品聯繫起來，他們可以沉浸在埃利亞松的互動裝置中，發現當代藝術對當今最緊迫的社會和環境問題所帶來的多樣視角。與我們的合作夥伴奧克蘭美術館、台北市立美術館、Museum MACAN和馬尼拉當代藝術與設計博物館一起，我們期待《Your curious journey》的全球故事在亞太地區展開。”

➤ Installation view of Olafur Eliasson’s ‘The glacier melt series 1999/2019’ (2019), as part of ‘Olafur Eliasson: Your curious journey’ at SAM at Tanjong Pagar Distripark; Photo: Joseph Nair, Memphis West Pictures; Image courtesy of the artist and Singapore Art Museum; © 2019 Olafur Eliasson

➤ Detail view of Olafur Eliasson’s ‘The cubic structural evolution project’ (2004), as part of ‘Olafur Eliasson: Your curious journey’ at SAM at Tanjong Pagar Distripark; Photo: Joseph Nair, Memphis West Pictures; Image courtesy of the artist and Singapore Art Museum; © 2004 Olafur Eliasson

➤ Installation view of Olafur Eliasson’s ‘Object defined by activity (then)’ (2009), as part of ‘Olafur Eliasson: Your curious journey’ at SAM at Tanjong Pagar Distripark; Photo: Joseph Nair, Memphis West Pictures; Image courtesy of the artist and Singapore Art Museum; © 2009 Olafur Eliasson

➤ Installation view of Olafur Eliasson’s ‘Symbiotic seeing’ (2020), as part of ‘Olafur Eliasson: Your curious journey’ at SAM at Tanjong Pagar Distripark; Photo: Joseph Nair, Memphis West Pictures; Image courtesy of the artist and Singapore Art Museum; © 2020 Olafur Eliasson

➤ Installation view of Olafur Eliasson’s ‘Yellow corridor’ (1997), as part of ‘Olafur Eliasson: Your curious journey’ at SAM at Tanjong Pagar Distripark; Photo: Joseph Nair, Memphis West Pictures; Image courtesy of the artist and Singapore Art Museum; © 1997 Olafur Eliasson