Is she weeping or is she playing? [dot_recommends] This sculpture of a little girl hiding her head and leaning into a wall is in one corner of the busy mainContinue readingWeeping or playing?
Charles Felix and admirer
[dot_recommends] A tourist snaps a picture of Charles Felix Lindberg in bowler, walking with his cane across his eponymous Plats. Charles Felix Lindberg (1840-1909) who never married, seems to haveContinue readingCharles Felix and admirer
Street art – Muzzle loader
Mynningsladdare, Muzzle Loader, is the title of the current exhibition of street art at the Röda Sten exhibiton centre. It’salso the title of the principle work. Why the artist (Blue) and the curator (also Blue but going by her given name as Carolina Falkholt) chose this title, I’m still hazy about. … Continue readingStreet art – Muzzle loader
Fridges on parade
[dot_recommends] A parade of second-hand refrigerators on either side of the Avenue at Bältesspännare Park and outside Stora Teatern. Each decorated with a quote from the film “Independence Day”. [dot_recommends]Continue readingFridges on parade
An angel in the bushes
[dot_recommends] This angel stands among evergreen bushes in the churchyard of Örgryte Old Church. Örgryte is an interesting churchyard to visit. Lots of famous locals are buried here (including, forContinue readingAn angel in the bushes
Chainsaw mermaid
[dot_recommends] A chainsaw sculpture of a mermaid cut from the stump of a felled tree by the side of Fridhemsgatan. Below the billowy wave, Beneath this world of air, TheContinue readingChainsaw mermaid
Longing for the spring
[dot_recommends] Flowers made of scraps of cloth and paper decorate this winter-bare tree on Järntorget. They’ve been here some time now. I think they were put up in December –Continue readingLonging for the spring