The Berlin-based artist’s installation in a former Masonic temple in LA aims to shine a light on a space of concealment During Berlin-based artist Olafur Eliasson’s first visit to the Marciano Art Foundation,or MAF, in Los Angeles in 2016, or the building was still in transition from its former life as a Scottish Masonic Rite Temple to what it is nowadays – the home of Guess Jeans founders Paul and Maurice Marciano’s multimillion-dollar art collection. A side-effect of the buildings transformation was the dismantling of secrecy that the Freemasons had once painstakingly upheld. Private ephemera – wigs and all – that had been stowed in the basement were being unearthed; the walls comprising this nearly windowless travertine box that so few had been allowed to enter were being peeled back. Related: On my radar: Olafur Eliasson’s cultural highlights Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk