Watercolors have been a sustained interest of Elíasson’s that he has used since 2009 to investigate color, movement, and time. The works often conjure subtle illusions of space and light through the repeated application of thin, transparent washes onto a single sheet of paper in a meticulous, highly physical production process.
Eliasson’s ongoing series of watercolors investigate representations of movement, perceptual shifts, and spatial relationships in a medium that is both static and flat.
The watercolor graphically demonstrates progression of form over time through a series of layered ellipses whose subtle hues constantly intensify and shift. The circles and ellipses featured in these watercolors reflect various stages in the motion of a revolving disc, giving the impression of depth, duration, and varying speeds of rotation.