"Take Your Time: Olafur Eliasson" at SFMOMA

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Exhibit dates: September 8 - February 24
Location: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

"Take Your Time: Olafur Eliasson" will mark the first US serve of the artist's work. Eliasson made a name for himself with such ambitious projects as Green River (a guerilla-art "intervention" in which he dyed a river in Stockholm green), The Weather Project (a majestic replica of a fog-shrouded sun temporarily housed in the cavernous hall of London's Tate Modern) and Beauty (a gallery installation featuring a man-made rainbow). For his retrospective at SFMOMA, Eliasson explains that "The title of the show is suggesting that the spectator take responsibility—take  the time that you need and find what you want. ... It's also saying, 'Don't hurry.' Because going through an exhibition is not like going through a shopping mall—it's not like Disneyland."