Hirshhorn highlights

[This'll be the last museum tour for tonight.]

I was browsing through the sites for the Smithsonian museums when I noticed an image of Olafur Eliasson's Round Rainbow on one of the Hirshhorn's pages. Turned out that the museum had a special exhibition up called "Refract, Reflect, Project" that featured works that make use of light.

The exhibit ended yesterday, by the way. Here's a review from WaPo.




"A highlight of the exhibition is Olafur Eliasson's Round Rainbow (2005), which combines a spotlight mounted on a tripod and a circle of acrylic glass. This prism device transforms a gallery into a dynamic space bathed in rainbows of light and shadow. In a work that is scientific in one respect and sensual in another, the installation brings a phenomenon usually experienced in nature into the museum, encouraging people to interact with their environment in new ways."


Untitled, Robert Irwin


Transparent Rhythms II, Yaacov Agam
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Astralite 7, Adam Peiperl