Yellow to grey and grey to purple and yellow to grey movie - grey to yellow and purple to grey and purple to black and black to grey movie - purple to grey and grey to yellow and purple to black movie [middle panel] 2009

Olafur Eliasson’s watercolour on paper features washes of yellow, grey, and purple that hover and overlap on the white ground. Imagine him tilting the paper, coaxing the pigment into translucent circles, letting it bleed and settle, pushing the medium to its own conclusion. I like to think about the artist’s mind, his own way of seeing and thinking. Here, he maps and organizes and measures, with the knowledge that it can only ever be an approximation. I’m interested in the push and pull between order and chaos, the intentional and accidental. The beauty is in his attempt to impose a system. The colours he chooses, the delicate layering, the way shapes merge—all this creates a sense of atmosphere. It reminds me a little of Hilma af Klint’s work. Artists work in response to one another, building on what came before, and it's a constant conversation that goes on through time, inspiring new creative practices.