I scream. You scream. We all scream... 12/12/2011
 Edvard Munch was born on this day in 1863. While in Oslo, we were fortunate enough to see The Scream at The National Gallery.  While in Oslo, we also had the opportunity to visit Vigelandsparken – a 74-acre park containing 227 of Gustav Vigeland’s monumental sculptures. Vigeland was the most famous among Norwegian sculptors of the 20th century, and he worked for a total of 4 decades on this park. One sculpture – the Vigeland Monolith – stands 52-feet high and is composed of 121 colossal figures all carved into one piece of stone!  I am anchored to my work so that I cannot move. If I walk down the street one day a thousand hands from work hold on to me. I am tied to the studio and the road is never long. ~Gustav Vigeland, 1912    In this photo, you can get an idea of the mammoth scale of these sculptures. Before planning our travels to Oslo, I had never even heard of Gustav Vigeland. Any artists you’ve recently learned of and love? Have a great beginning to your week! Mary^ Comments12/12/2011 12:04pm
Would love to visit Oslo. I have always loved Munch's scream. My first post on autism was on my son's coping with halloween. I had wanted to include a copy of that painting in the post. Then, lo-and-behold, we went to a local halloween display and there was a rendering of the picture on plywood. It was made so you could put your face in a hole and have your picture made. I couldn't believe it when I saw it was actually submitted by the school of the arts that he goes to. Of course a picture of him in "The Scream" went in my blog. 12/12/2011 7:13pm
Thanks for sharing the wonderful photos from Oslo. Love the sculptures! 12/15/2011 3:56am
love, love, love those enormous sculptures. thanks for sharing! Leave a Reply | About Me
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