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Colour experiment no. 78, 2015 - Long Museum, Shanghai, 2016 - Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Colour experiment no. 78, 2015
Long Museum, Shanghai, 2016
Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Colour experiment no. 78, 2015 - Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York 2017 - Photo: Maris Hutchinson
Colour experiment no. 78, 2015
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York 2017
Photo: Maris Hutchinson
Colour experiment no. 78, 2015 - Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York 2017 - Photo: Maris Hutchinson
Colour experiment no. 78, 2015
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York 2017
Photo: Maris Hutchinson
At Studio Olafur Eliasson, working on Colour experiment no.78 (2015) - Photo: Runa Maya Mørk Huber / Studio Olafur Eliasson
At Studio Olafur Eliasson, working on Colour experiment no.78 (2015)
Photo: Runa Maya Mørk Huber / Studio Olafur Eliasson
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Arranged in twelve columns of six canvases each, a series of seventy-two circular monochrome paintings presents a gradual progression of hues that loops through the entire range of visible colours. This series is an example of Eliasson’s investigations of the spectrum of visible light, which he began by working with a colour chemist to mix in paint an exact colour for each nanometre of light in the visible spectrum.

Artwork details

Title

Colour experiment no. 78

Year

2015

Materials

Acrylic on canvas, in 72 parts