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Selected Artist's Books, Monographs, and Catalogues of Solo Exhibitions

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Olafur Eliasson: Your rainbow panorama. Edited by Marie Nipper, Martin Enoch, Camilla Kragelund, Anne Mette Thomsen. Aarhus: ARoS Kunstmuseum, 2011.

Ólafur Elíasson: Bílar í Ám / Cars in Rivers. Concept by Crymogea and Olafur Eliasson. Edited by The National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik. Exhibition catalogue. Reykjavik: Crymogea and The National Gallery of Iceland, 2011.

Olafur Eliasson: Innen Stadt Außen. Edited by Daniel Birnbaum. Exhibition catalogue. Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln; Berlin: Martin-Gropius-Bau, 2010.

Olafur Eliasson & Ma Yansong: Feelings Are Facts. Exhibition catalogue. Beijing: Ullens Center for Contemporary Art; Shijiwenjing Co., 2010.

Olafur Eliasson: Your Chance Encounter. Concept by Olafur Eliasson, Andreas Koch, and Caroline Eggel. Exhibition catalogue. Baden: Lars Müller Publishers; Kanazawa: 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, 2010. *

TYT [Take Your Time]: Vol. 3: Driftwood. Edited by Olafur Eliasson. Artist’s book. Berlin: Studio Olafur Eliasson, 2010. *

Olafur Eliasson: Los Modelos son Reales. Edited by Carmen H. Bordas and Moisés Puente. Barcelona: Editorial Gustavo Gili, S.L., 2009.

Olafur Eliasson: Winter Solstice, Equinox, Summer Solstice. Concept by Olafur Eliasson, Bettina Pehrsson and Caroline Eggel. Exhibition catalogue. Stockholm: Jarla Partilager, 2009.

TYT (Take Your Time), Vol. 2: Printed Matter. Concept by Olafur Eliasson, Luca Cerizza, Caroline Eggel, Michael Heimann, and Hendrik Schwantes. Berlin: Studio Olafur Eliasson; Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln, 2009. *

La Naturalesa de les Coses / La Naturaleza de las Coses / The Nature of Things. Coordination by Victòria Izquierdo Brichs.. Exhibition catalogue. Barcelona: Fundació Joan Miró; Girona: Centre Cultural de Caixa Girona - Fontana d'Or, 2008.

Olafur Eliasson & Hans Ulrich Obrist: The Conversation Series; Vol. 13. Edited by Matthew Gaskins. Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walter König, Köln, 2008. *

Olafur Eliasson: Det indre af det ydre. Concept by Olafur Eliasson. Edited by Malene Ratcliffe. Copenhagen: Politikens Forlag, 2008.

Olafur Eliasson: Life in Space 3; 09.05.2008. Concept by Olafur Eliasson. Edited by Anna Engberg-Pedersen, Camilla Kragelund / Studio Olafur Eliasson; organised by Astrid Kühn-Ulrich / Zumtobel AG. Originally published with Zumtobel Group Annual Report, 2007-08. Annual Report edited by Dietmar Grabher, Christian Hogenmüller, Astrid Kühn-Ulrich / Zumtobel AG; Peter Dietz / GFD-Finanzkommunikation. Dornbirn: Zumtobel AG, 2008. *

Olafur Eliasson: Your Mobile Expectations; BMW H2R Project. Concept by Olafur Eliasson. Compiled by Martina Kupiak, Michael Heimann / Studio Olafur Eliasson. Baden: Lars Müller Publishers, 2008.

Studio Olafur Eliasson: An Encyclopedia. Concept by Olafur Eliasson. Edited by Anna Engberg-Pedersen / Studio Olafur Eliasson. Cologne: Taschen, 2008.

Take Your Time: Olafur Eliasson. Edited by Madeleine Grynsztejn. Exhibition catalogue. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; London: Thames & Hudson, 2007. *

Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2007: Olafur Eliasson and Kjetil Thorsen. Edited by Caroline Eggel, Anna Engberg-Pedersen / Studio Olafur Eliasson; Ben Fergusson, Rebecca Morrill / Serpentine Gallery. London: Serpentine Gallery; Baden: Lars Müller Publishers, 2007.

TYT [Take Your Time]: Vol.1: Small Spatial Experiments. Concept by Olafur Eliasson. Edited by Studio Olafur Eliasson. Berlin: Studio Olafur Eliasson, 2007. *

Olafur Eliasson: A Laboratory of Mediating Space. Edited by Caroline Eggel and Anna Engberg-Pedersen / Studio Olafur Eliasson. Exhibition catalogue. Berlin: Aedes am Pfefferberg; Vienna: Österreichische Friedrich und Lillian Kiesler-Privatstiftung, 2006.

Olafur Eliasson: Caminos de Naturaleza / Paths of Nature. Edited by Antonia Castaño and Paloma Castellanos. Exhibition catalogue. Madrid: Fundación Telefónica; La Fabrica Editorial, 2006.

Olafur Eliasson: Your Colour Memory. Concept by Olafur Eliasson. Edited by Ismail Soyugenc and Richard Torchia. Glenside: Arcadia University Art Gallery, 2006.

Olafur Eliasson: Your Engagement has Consequences; On the Relativity of Your Reality. Concept by Olafur Eliasson. Edited by Caroline Eggel / Studio Olafur Eliasson. Artist’s book / exhibition catalogue. Baden: Lars Müller Publishers, 2006. *

The Goose Lake Trail (Southern Route): Gæsavatnaleið (Syðri); A Road Conversation between Olafur Eliasson and Hans Ulrich Obrist. Edited by Studio Olafur Eliasson and Eiðar Art Center. Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln, 2006.

Your House. Concept by Olafur Eliasson. Artist’s book. New York: Library Council of The Museum of Modern Art, 2006. *

Olafur Eliasson: Dufttunnel; Ein Projekt für die Autostadt in Wolfsburg / Scent Tunnel; A Project for the Autostadt in Wolfsburg. Edited by Caroline Eggel / Studio Olafur Eliasson and Astrid Jentsch. Exhibition catalogue. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2005.

The Negotiation Project. A project by Olafur Eliasson and Anri Sala. With video DVD by Anri Sala. Berlin: Studio Olafur Eliasson, 2005.

At se sig selv sanse: Samtaler med Olafur Eliasson. Edited by Anna Engberg-Pedersen and Karsten Wind Meyhoff . Copenhagen: Informations Forlag, 2004.

Colour Memory and Other Informal Shadows: Olafur Eliasson. Edited by Caroline Eggel / Studio Olafur Eliasson and Marit Woltmann. Exhibition catalogue. Oslo: Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, 2004.

Frost Activity: Olafur Eliasson. Exhibition catalogue. Edited by Olafur Eliasson. Reykjavik: Reykjavik Art Museum - Hafnarhus, 2004.

Olafur Eliasson: Minding the World. Edited by Olafur Eliasson and Gitte Ørskou. Aarhus: ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, 2004.

Olafur Eliasson: Photographs. Edited by Matthew Drutt and Diana Murphy. Exhibition catalogue. Houston: Menil Foundation, Inc., 2004.

Olafur Eliasson: Your Lighthouse; Works with Light 1991-2004. Concept by Gijs van Tuyl and Holger Broeker. Edited by Holger Broeker. Exhibition catalogue. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2004.

The Body as Brain. Concept by Caroline Eggel, Olafur Eliasson, Tomás Saraceno, and Einar Thorsteinn. As part of the exhibition The body as brain: Projekt Sammlung (1), Kunsthaus Zug, 2003. Berlin: Studio Olafur Eliasson; Zug: Kunsthaus Zug, 2003.

Olafur Eliasson: Funcionamiento silencioso. Concept byOlafur Eliasson. Edited by Caroline Eggel / Studio Olafur Eliasson. Madrid: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, 2003.

Olafur Eliasson: The Blind Pavilion; 50th Venice Biennale 2003, Danish Pavilion. Concept by Olafur Eliasson, cyan, Caroline Eggel, Svend Åge Madsen, Gitte Ørskou. Artist’s book / Exhibition catalogue. Copenhagen: Kunststyrelsen; Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2003.

Olafur Eliasson: Sonne statt Regen. Concept by Olafur Eliasson and Susanne Gaensheimer. Edited by Studio Olafur Eliasson. Artist’s book / exhibition catalogue. Munich: Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus und Kunstbau München; Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2003.

Olafur Eliasson: The Weather Project. Edited by Susan May. Exhibition catalogue. London: Tate Publishing, 2003.

Chaque matin je me sens différent, chaque soir je me sens le même. Edited by Angeline Scherf. Artist's book / exhibition catalogue. Paris: Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 2002. *

Olafur Eliasson. Edited by Daniel Birnbaum, Madeleine Grynsztejn, and Michael Speaks. London: Phaidon Press Limited, 2002.

Olafur Eliasson: Movement Meter for Lernacken. Concept by Olafur Eliasson. Edited by Pat Kalt / Studio Eliasson. Berlin: Studio Olafur Eliasson, 2002.

To the Habitants of Space in General and the Spatial Inhabitants in Particular. Concept by Einar Thorsteinn and Olafur Eliasson. Edited by Christine Kintisch / BAWAG Foundation. Vienna: BAWAG Foundation Edition, 2002. *

Olafur Eliasson: Surroundings Surrounded; Essays on Space and Science. Edited by Peter Weibel. Exhibition catalogue. Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum Graz; ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe; Cambridge / London: The MIT Press, 2001.

Olafur Eliasson: Your Only Real Thing is Time. Edited by Jessica Morgan. Exhibition catalogue. Boston: Institute of Contemporary Art; Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001.

The Mediated Motion: Olafur Eliasson in Cooperation with Günther Vogt. Concept by Olafur Eliasson, Rudolf Sagmeister, Clemens Schedler, and Eckhard Schneider. Edited by Herbert Abrell and Eckhard Schneider. Kunsthaus Bregenz; Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König 2001.

Your Difference & Repetition: Olafur Eliasson. Concept by Olafur Eliasson. Edited by Akiko Miyake and Nobuo Nakamura. Kitakyushu: CCA Center for Contemporary Art, 2001.

Olafur Eliasson: Your Position Surrounded and Your Surroundings Positioned. Edited by Katrina Brown and Olafur Eliasson. Dundee Contemporary Arts, 1999. *

Sospensione. Concept by Olafur Eliasson. Berlin: Studio Olafur Eliasson; Milan: Emi Fontana, 1999.

Hellisgerði. Concept by Olafur Eliasson. Reykjavik: Reykjavik Art Museum - Kjarvalsstaðir, 1998. *

Landscapes with Yellow Background. Concept and edited by Olafur Eliasson. Umeå: BildMuseet, 1998. *

Users. Concept by Olafur Eliasson. Edited by Tina Petras / Studio Olafur Eliasson. Berlin: Studio Olafur Eliasson, 1998. *

Erosion: A Project for the 2nd Johannesburg Biennale 1997. Concept by Olafur Eliasson. Berlin: Studio Olafur Eliasson, 1997. *

Olafur Eliasson. Edited by Kunsthalle Basel. Exhibition catalogue. Basel: Kunsthalle Basel; Basel/Muttenz: Schwabe & Co AG, 1997.

Anthologies and Catalogues of Group Exhibitions

Foster, Kurt. “In Conversation: Olafur Eliasson and Kurt Foster.” In The Real Perspecta 42, The Yale Architectural Journal, Yale University. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2010.

Frederik VIII’s Palace: Restoration - Rebuilding - Artistic Decoration. Edited by Mads Falbe-Hansen, Carsten Kjaer Sørensen, Dorte Bülow, Poul Schülein and Jens Bertelsen. Copenhagen: Aristo Bogforlag; Palaces and Properties Agency; Realdania, 2010.

50 Moons of Saturn: T2 Torino Triennale. Exhibition catalogue. Visual contribution by Olafur Eliasson. Rivoli-Torino: Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea; Torino: Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo; Torino: Fondazione Torino Musei; Milan: Skira Editore S.p.A, 2009.

Eliasson, Olafur. “Verdner af Idag / Worlds of Today.” In Ib Geertsen: Mobiler. Edited by Pernille Taagaard Dinesen and Jens Eik Sørensen. Exhibition catalogue. Aarhus: ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, 2009.

Experiment Marathon: Hans Ulrich Obrist & Olafur Eliasson. Edited by Emma Ridgway. Published on occasion of Experiment Marathon Reykjavik, Reykjavik Art Museum, Hafnarhús, 2008. Reykjavik: Reykjavik Art Museum / Listasafn Reykjaavikur; London: Koenig Books, 2009. *

Schaub, Mirjam and Jochen Volz. “Olafur Eliasson.” In Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary: The Collection Book. Edited by Eva Ebersberger and Daniela Zyman. Vienna: Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary; Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2009.

Birnbaum, Daniel. The Hospitality of Presence: Problems of Otherness in Husserl's Phenomenology. Second edition. Berlin: Sternberg Press, 2008.

M/M (Paris). Live Recorded Delay: An Archive of Il Tempo del Postino. Edited by Charles Arsène-Henry. Exhibition catalogue, Manchester Opera House, 2007. Berlin: Sternberg Press, 2008.

Smith, Elizabeth A.T.  "The Comprehensivist: Buckminster Fuller and Contemporary Artists." In Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe. Edited by K. Michael Hays and Dana Miller, 60-75. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, in association with Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2008.

Wahrheit ist, was uns verbindet. Edited by Matthias Bormuth and Monica Meyer-Bohlen. Image essay by Olafur Eliasson. Exhibition catalogue, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg. German and English editions. Bremen: H.M. Hauschild GmbH, 2008.

Blom, Ina. On the Style Site: Art, Sociality, and Media Culture. Berlin: Sternberg Press, 2007.

Models: 306090 Books; Volume 11. Edited by Emily Abruzzo, Eric Ellingsen and Jonathan D. Solomon. Preface by Olafur Eliasson. New York: 306090, Inc., 2007.

Stafford, Barbara Maria. Echo Objects: The Cognitive Work of Images. Chicago / London: The University of Chicago Press, 2007.

Eliasson, Olafur. “The Madagascar Hall series.” Image essay in Miniatur und Panorama: Vogt Landschaftsarchitekten; Arbeiten 2000-2006. By Günther Vogt. Baden: Lars Müller Publishers, 2006.

One Year Celebration: A Poster Project. Edited by Peter Huyghe. Gent, 2006.

Bienalja e Tiranës 3: Tabu Molisëse; 5 Episode / Tirana Biennale 3: Sweet Taboos; 5 Episodes. Tirana: Tirana Biennale, 2005.

Lichtkunst aus Kunstlicht. Licht als Medium der Kunst im 20. und 21. Jahrhundert. Light art from artificial light. Light as a Medium in 20th and 21st Century Art. Edited by Peter Weibel and Gregot Jansen. Exhibition catalogue. Karlsruhe, 2005-2006.
Here Comes the Sun. Exhibition catalogue. Stockholm: Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, 2005.

Making Things Public: Atmospheres of Democracy. Edited by Bruno Latour and Peter Weibel. Kartlsruhe: ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe; Cambridge, Massachusetts and London, England: The MIT Press, 2005: 258-259.

Ursprung, Philip. “Im Smog der Globalisierung: Olafur Eliassons ‘The weather project.’” In Werke im Wandel?: Zeitgenössische Kunst zwischen Werk und Wirkung. Edited by Lars Blunck. Munich: Verlag Silke Schreiber, 2005.

Architecture Now III. Edited by Philip Jodidio. Cologne: Taschen, 2004.

Dreams and Conflicts: The Dictatorship of the Viewer; 50th International Art Exhibition; La Biennale di Venezia. Edited by Francesco Bonami and Maria Luisa Frisa. Exhibition catalogue. Venice: La Biennale di Venezia, 2003.

The Fifth System: Public Art in the Age of “Post-Planning.” Exhibition catalogue. The 5th Shenzhen International Public Art Exhibition, 2003.

Obrist, Hans Ulrich. “Olafur Eliasson.” In Interviews: Volume I. Edited by Thomas Boutoux. Milan, 2003.

Rondeau, James. “The Mobility of the Real: Olafur Eliasson Is Now.” In The Hugo Boss Prize 2002: Francis Alÿs, Olafur Eliasson, Hachiya Kazuhiko, Pierre Huyghe, Koo Jeong-a, Anri Sala. Exhibition catalogue. New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 2002.

Eliasson, Olafur. “457 Words on Color.” In Bridge the Gap? Programme Book. Edited by Miyake Akiko et al. Kitakyushu: CCA Center for Contemporary Art, 2001.

Crary, Jonathan. “Olafur Eliasson.” In Amnon Barzel, Targetti Artlight Collection 2000.

Preis der Nationalgalerie für junge Kunst. Edited by Verein der Freunde der Nationalgalerie. Exhibition catalogue. Berlin: Nationalgalerie im Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwart, 2000.

Jensen, Marianne Krogh. “Olafur Eliasson.” In La Biennale di Venezia: 48. Esposizione Internationale d’Arte: dAPERTutto. Exhibition catalogue. Edited by Harald Szeemann. Venice 1999.

Sharawadgi. Edited by Christian Meyer and Mathias Poledna. Exhibition catalogue. Baden: Felsenvilla; Cologne, 1999.

Hultmann, Kristina. “Olafur Eliasson: Your Compound View.” In Brytningstider: En bok om vår föränderliga värld. Stockholm, 1998.

Larsen, Lars Bang. “Olafur Eliasson.” In Something Is Rotten in the State of Denmark. Exhibition catalogue, 28-31. Museum Fridericianum; Kassel, 1998.

On Life: Beauty: Translations and Other Difficulties: 5th International Istanbul Biennial. Edited by Emre Baykal, 86-87. Exhibition catalogue. Istanbul, 1997.
Stalke 1987-1997. Copenhagen: Stalke Galleri, 1997.

Truce: Echoes of Art in an Age of Endless Conclusions. Edited by Janine Sieja. Exhibition catalogue. Santa Fe: SITE Santa Fe, 1997.

Film Documentary

2010

Olafur Eliasson: Space is Process. Produced for JJ Film by Jacob Jørgensen and Mads Jørgensen. Directed by Henrik Lundø and Jacob Jørgensen. Edited by Henrik Lundø. Copenhagen: JJ Film, 2010.

Selected and Full Bibliography