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 made this watercolour, 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], on paper. I'm curious about the title and how it describes a process, almost like a recipe for mixing paint or a storyboard for a film. There is a real feeling of lightness in this work; the colours are translucent and layered which creates new colours in the areas of overlap. It's interesting to me that the forms used are geometric, but the overall impression is quite organic. It makes me think of Hilma af Klint, another artist fascinated by geometric form as a means to capture something just beyond the limits of perception. There is a cluster of overlapping grey circles to the left, these are less transparent which brings them forward in the image and provides a solid anchor, in contrast to the more ephemeral yellow tones on the right. I love the way it hovers between abstraction and figuration.