Works of art using water
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Added by PhrogexWorks of art that use water:
- Olafur Eliasson, New York City Waterfalls (2008), Notion Motion (2005) (Youtube video)
- Hans Haacke, Condensation Cube (1965-2008), Rhine Water Purification Plant (1972)
- Jeff Koons, Three Ball 50/50 Tank (Two Dr. J. Silver Series, One Wilson Supershot) (1985)
- Liz Larner, Tropicana Pool Water, Guitar Strings, and Mercury (1987) (no photo link available)
- Michael Craig-Martin, On the Shelf (1970)
- Nicolás García Uriburu, Coloration du Grand Canal (Dyeing the Grand Canal) (1968): the Argentine artist dyed the water at the Gran Canal green during the Venice Biennale, in order to draw people's attention to ecological concerns. Olafur Eliasson used these same guerilla public water-dying tactics later in Berlin, Los Angeles, Stockholm, and Johannesburg (link).
- Leandro Erlich, Swimming Pool (2008)
- Bruce Nauman, Self Portrait as Fountain (1966-7)
- Yael Davids, Aquarium (1997)
- Carsten Höller, Psycho Tank (1999)
- Cai Guo-Qiang, An Arbitrary History: Infinite River (2008), Travels in the Mediterranean (2010)
- Alighiero Boetti, Self Portrait (1993)
- Robert Gober, Untitled (detail) (2003-5), installation view
- Tony Oursler, Underwater (Blue/Green) (1996)
- Veronica Janssens, Cocktail Sculpture (2009)
Works of art that use ice or snow (frozen water):
- Francis Alÿs, Paradox of Praxis 1 (Sometimes Doing Something Leads to Nothing) (1997)
- Andy Goldsworthy, Icicles/thick ends dipped in snow then water/held until frozen together/occasionally using forked sticks as support until stuck/a tense moment when taking them away/breathing on the stick first to release it/Scaur Water, Dumfriesshire, Scotland – 12 January 1987 (1987)
- Allan Kaprow, Fluids (1967)
- Olafur Eliasson, Your Waste of Time (2006), The glacierhouse effect versus the greenhouse effect (2005)
Fog, mist, or steam:
- Olafur Eliasson, Beauty (1993), The Weather Project (2003), Your Natural Denudation Inverted (1999-2000), Yellow Fog (1998), Your Blind Movement (2010)
- Nina Canell, Mist Mouth (Model Arts and Niland Gallery, Sligo, 2007)
- Werner Reiterer, Untitled (Laughing Gas) (2004), I thought it's an Idea but it's my Brain (2005)
- Veronica Janssens, Blue, Red and Yellow (inside view) (2001), (outside view), another version at Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin.
- Ben Rubin (EAR Studio) with Diller+Scofidio, Blur (Swiss Expo, 2002)
- Pierre Huyghe, A Forest of Lines (Sydney Opera House, 2008), A Journey That Wasn't (performance in Central Park, New York, 2005), L'expédition scintillante, Act 2 (2002)
- Alighiero Boetti, Self Portrait (1993)
Large outdoor bodies of water (as backdrop):
- Lang / Baumann, Spielfeld #5 (Boisko) (2009), Spielfeld #2 (2004)
- Peter Sandbichler, Floating Maze (2007)
- Andy Goldsworthy, Maple Leaf Lines (1987)
Dripping Water:
- Bill Viola, He Weeps for You (1976)
- Tim Hawkinson, Drip (2002)
Depictions of water in photography, painting, drawing, and film:
- Gerhard Richter, Seascape (Sea-Sea) (1970)
- Vija Celmins, Untitled (Big Sea #2) (1969)
- Hiroshi Sugimoto, Seascapes (series: early 80s to late 90s)
- Philippe Halsman, Dali Atomicus (1948)
- Bill Viola, Five Angels for the Millennium: Ascending Angel (film still) (2001), The Crossing (film still) (1996), The Reflecting Pool (youtube video) (1977-9)
- James Casebere, Yellow Hallway #2 (2001)