Peer Gynt Sculpture Park
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Peer Gynt Sculpture Park (Peer Gynt-parken) is a sculpture park located in Oslo
, Norway
. The sculpture park was created in honour of the man who is perhaps Norway’s most internationally known writer, Henrik Ibsen
and is a monumental presentation of one of his most famous plays Peer Gynt
, act by act.
The park was established in 2006 by Selvaag, the company behind the housing development in the Løren-area and most of the sculptures are the result of an international sculpture competition. Selvaag was founded by Olav Selvaag
and is a family-owned company that has placed sculptures in residential areas for more than 50 years, over 500 sculptures in total.
from the Norwegian Riksteatret
, sculptor Kirsten Kokkin, Prof. Vigdis Ystad from Senter for Ibsenstudier (The Centre for Ibsen Studies), Kim Brandstrup from Galleri Brandstrup, Peder Lund from Lund Fine Art, Artist Kristian Blystad, and Ole Gunnar Selvaag, one of Selvaags owners and the founder behind Peer Gynt Sculpture park.
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. The sculpture park was created in honour of the man who is perhaps Norway’s most internationally known writer, Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the father of prose drama" and is one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre...
and is a monumental presentation of one of his most famous plays Peer Gynt
Peer Gynt
Peer Gynt is a five-act play in verse by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen, loosely based on the fairy tale Per Gynt. It is the most widely performed Norwegian play. According to Klaus Van Den Berg, the "cinematic script blends poetry with social satire and realistic scenes with surreal ones"...
, act by act.
The park was established in 2006 by Selvaag, the company behind the housing development in the Løren-area and most of the sculptures are the result of an international sculpture competition. Selvaag was founded by Olav Selvaag
Olav Selvaag
Olav Selvaag was a Norwegian engineer and residential contractor, known for his innovative approach to designing and building affordable housing in the post-war era.-Biography:...
and is a family-owned company that has placed sculptures in residential areas for more than 50 years, over 500 sculptures in total.
The competition
The sculptures placed in Peer Gynt Sculpture Park comes from an open, international competition of the designs for the best figurative sculptures depicting scenes from Henrik Ibsen's drama Peer Gynt. The host of the competition is Selvaag, the parent company of several subsidiaries. The members of the jury are: Director Ellen HornEllen Horn
Ellen Horn is a Norwegian actress and politician for the Labour Party. She is educated at the State Acting College and has been an associate of Norsk Rikskringkasting, Nationaltheatret and is currently director of Riksteatret. During the Second cabinet Stoltenberg she was Minister of Culture...
from the Norwegian Riksteatret
Riksteatret
Riksteatret is a Norwegian touring theatre. It was established by law in 1948. Its first performance was in Kirkenes in 1949, with Sigurd Christiansen's play En reise i natten. The theatre plays on about 200 different stages throughout the country. Its first theatre director was Fritz von der...
, sculptor Kirsten Kokkin, Prof. Vigdis Ystad from Senter for Ibsenstudier (The Centre for Ibsen Studies), Kim Brandstrup from Galleri Brandstrup, Peder Lund from Lund Fine Art, Artist Kristian Blystad, and Ole Gunnar Selvaag, one of Selvaags owners and the founder behind Peer Gynt Sculpture park.
The sculptures
The Peer Gynt Sculpture Park is unique because famous sculptors from many countries each has interpreted a piece of a play. So fare 20 sculptures has been placed in the park:- Peer Gynt, Man of the World by Nina SundbyeNina SundbyeNina Sundbye is a Norwegian sculptor, born in Oslo. Her debut was a bust of illustrator Finn Graff from 1967. Among her other works is a bronze statue of Aasta Hansteen placed at Aker Brygge, and busts of resistance fighter Gregers Gram and comedians Leif Juster and Per Aabel, all located in Oslo...
, Norway - The Wild Buck Ride by Andrea Bucci, Italy
- The Devil in the Nut by Enzo CucchiEnzo CucchiEnzo Cucchi is an Italian painter. A native of Morro d'Alba, province of Ancona, he was a key member of the Italian Transavanguardia movement, along with fellow countrymen Francesco Clemente, Mimmo Paladino, Nicola De Maria, and Sandro Chia...
, Italy - The Abduction by Jim DineJim DineJim Dine is an American pop artist. He is sometimes considered to be a part of the Neo-Dada movement. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, attended Walnut Hills High School, the University of Cincinnati, and received a BFA from Ohio University in 1957. He first earned respect in the art world with...
, USA - Peer and three girls by Sergey Eylanbekov, USA/Russia
- Trolls with Pig Heads by Christine Aspelund, Norway
- Peers kamp mot Bøygen by Fredrik Raddum, Norway
- Solvejg at the newly-built hut by Wolf Bröll, Germany
- Peer by Aase's deathbed by Kinga Smaczna-Lagowska, Poland
- Peer and the Monkeys by Petter Hepsø, Norway
- Peer at the Emperor's Horse, wearing the Emperor's clothes by Piotr Grzegorek, Poland
- Anitras dance by Leopoldo Emperador, Spain
- Peer and Anitra in the Desert by Elena Engelsen and Per UngPer UngPer Ung is a Norwegian sculptor. His first large public commission was the bronze statue of actress Johanne Dybwad, located on Johanne Dybwads plass outside the National Theatre in Oslo. His monument of figure skater Sonja Henie is located at Frogner stadion. His statue of Fridtjof Nansen is...
, Norway - Where the starting point is crazy minimal, the outcome is highly original by Anna Passakas and Radoslaw Kudlinski, Poland
- Peer Meets Begriffenfeldt at the Mental Asylum by Harald Müller, Germany
- Peer and the strange passenger by Mats Åberg, Sweden
- The Onion - layer by layer by Ferdinand Wyller, Norway
- The Button Moulder by Kamila Szejnoch, Poland
- The thin Priest with a fowling net by Eamonn O'Doherty, Ireland
- The meeting between Peer, Solvejg og the Button Moulder by Jan Kolasinski, Poland