Umschreibung

Endless staircase - Escalera sin fin. Olafur Eliasson

By avro | avroiphoneography | 9 Aug 2021


For lovers of Escher's work, the graphic artist who was characterized by creating drawings of impossible spaces, playing with the 3 dimensions in two-dimensional representation, I bring you a sculpture that could perfectly have been the product of its creative ingenuity.

Para los amantes de la obra de Escher, el artista gráfico que se caracterizó por crear dibujos de espacios imposibles, jugando con las 3 dimensiones en representaciones bidimensionales, os traigo una escultura que perfectamente podría haber sido producto de su ingenio creativo.

Umschreibung

The endless staircase (Umschreibung), or staircase without a destination, is formed by an infinite loop of two spiral stairs linked together, generating a continuous movement, between up and down. Its location in the long-term courtyard of an office building of the city of Munich with a regular facade with rectangular windows, generates a contrast with the dynamism of sculpture.

La escalera sin fin (Umschreibung), o escalera sin destino, está formada por un bucle infinito de dos escaleras de caracol enlazadas entre sí, que generan un movimiento continuo, entre el arriba y el abajo. Su ubicación en el patio de antesala de un edifico de oficinas de la ciudad de Munich, de fachada regular con ventanas rectangulares, lo genera contraste con el dinamismo de la escultura.

Umschreibung

It is the work of the Danish artist Olafur Eliasson, is known in the art world for his large-scale works, in which perception and movement are two of the main characteristics of him. It is built of stainless steel and wood, and was inaugurated in 2004.

Es obra del artista danés Olafur Eliasson, conocido en el mundo del arte por sus obras de gran escala, en el que la percepción y el movimiento son dos de sus principales características. Está construida de acero inoxidable y madera, y fue inaugurada en el año 2004.

Endless staircase

As he commented at the beginning, this sculpture is the materialization of the famous Work of Escher, Relativity. A staircase that does not take anywhere, but maintains an infinite dynamism.

Como comentaba al inicio, esta escultura es la materialización de la famosa obra de Escher, Relativity. Una escalera que no lleva a ninguna parte, pero mantiene un dinamismo infinito.

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Thank you very much for your time - Muchas gracias por vuestro tiempo.


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