Ekebergparken Sculpture Park

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Walk in sculpture park by Cast Glances by Tony Cragg
The Couple by Louise Bourgeois
Konkavt ansikt by Hilde Mæhlum in the Sculpture Park
Pavillion in the wood by Dan Graham

Coordinates: 59°53′54.503″N 10°45′43.081″E / 59.89847306°N 10.76196694°E / 59.89847306; 10.76196694

Ekebergparken Sculpture Park is a sculpture park and a national heritage park[1] with a panoramic view of the city at Ekeberg in the southeast of the city of Oslo, Norway.[2]

The Sculpture Park has been initiated and financed by property director and art collector Christian Ringnes (born 1954). The park is located in a wooded area of 25.5 acres, and was inaugurated 26 September 2013.[3]

A total of 31 sculptures were installed when the opening ceremony took place in 2013, many of them with women as subjects. The park is owned by the City of Oslo and sculptures owned by the Christian Ringnes instituted foundation, C Ludens Ringnes Foundation.[4] In February 2015 it is planned to be fully established including accrued trails, water surface and at least 25 sculptures deployed. The capital of NOK 350 million has been set aside to cover purchased by the additional sculptures, up to a total of eighty, and the operation of the park for at least 50 years.[5][6][7][8]

Works of art in Ekebergparken Sculpture Park

Ekebergparken Sculpture Park consisted 2013 of the following artworks:[9]

  • Ace of diamonds III, stainless steel, 2004, by Lynn Chadwick
  • Cast glances, bronze, 2002, by Tony Cragg
  • The Dance, stainless steel, 2013, by George Cutts
  • Venus Milo aux tiroirs, bronze, by Salvador Dalí [10]
  • Ekeberg Pavillion, glass, stone and metal, 2013, by Dan Graham
  • Walking Woman, bronze, 2010, by Sean Henry
  • Stone carving, 2013, by Jenny Holzer
  • Marilyn, stainless steel, by Richard Hudson
  • Levitating woman, bronze, 2012, by Matt Johnson
  • Open Book, stainless steel, 2010, by Diane Maclean
  • Nue sans draperie, bronze, by Aristide Maillol
  • Konkavt ansikt, marble, 2006, by Hilde Mæhlum
  • Light projection, installation, 2010–13, by Tony Oursler
  • Venus Victrix, bronze,1914–16, by Auguste Renoir
  • La grande laveuse, bronze, 1917, by Auguste Renoir
  • Eva, bronze, 1881, by Auguste Rodin
  • Cariatide tombée à l'urne, bronze, by Auguste Rodin
  • Fideicommisum, bronze, 2002, by Ann-Sofi Sidén
  • Drømmersken, marble, by Knut Steen
  • Still life with landscape, stainless steel, 2011–12, by Sarah Sze
  • Möbius trippel by Aase Texmon Rygh
  • Ekeberg Skyspace, installation, 2010–13, by James Turrell
  • Mor med barn, bronze, by Per Ung
  • Huldra, bronze, av Dyre Vaa

References

  1. ↑ Ekebergparken, history
  2. ↑ Ekebergparken at www.visitnorway.com (English)
  3. ↑ Åpnet omstridt skulpturpark i Oslo Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (Norwegian)
  4. ↑ The documents to agreement on gift from C. Lundens Ringnes Foundation to the city of Oslo. Council case 102/11 (Norwegian)
  5. ↑ Planforslag Skulptur- og kulturminnepark Ekeberg City of Oslo (Norwegian)
  6. ↑ Ekebergparken Sculpture Park www.weheart.co.uk (English)
  7. ↑ Out of the woodsNorwegian Air Shuttle Magazine (English)
  8. ↑ Ekeberg Sculpture Park comes to Oslo, Norway www.eurotravelogue.com (English)
  9. ↑ works of art, Ekebergparken sculpture park
  10. ↑ Venus Milo aux tiroirs by Salvador Dalí Ekebergparken (English)

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