Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Vigeland Sculpture Park


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Originally uploaded by hvs.
We walked around the fascinating Vigeland Sculpture Park in Oslo. Hundreds of sculptures in cast bronze and granite depict primarily naked humans in all shapes and forms, culminating in a huge monolith made up of human forms. The theme is the 'circle of life', and the park is the frequent scene of both protests and frat boy pranks. Recently, some religious organisation walked around the park covering up all the 'nakedness' in a protest against the growing sexualisation of society. Curious in itself, given that the park is nearly 100 years old..

One of the smaller bronze casts of a boy is often stolen, apparently.

And, no, the photo is not upside down.

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