Category: Sculpture

Charles Felix Lindberg with young femnist scarf
Cat Links October / Sculpture / Street art

Re-dress the gents

Yesterday Swedish Young Feminists set out to re-dress male statues across the country.

Above, one of the wrestling Bältesspännare got a pink Rambo headband.
Below, Charles Felix Lindberg was kitted out with a stylish scarf.
Bottom, the American eagle at the foot of John Eriksson’s statue also got a scarf. Eriksson himself was kitted out with a pink cardigan as a loincloth, but the light wasn’t good enough for a decent photo.

The Young Feminists (Unga feminister – linked to the Swedish political party Feminist Initiative) carried out their action in a number of towns across Sweden, dressing up statues of males in pink. This was partly to draw attention to the number of male statues contra female statues in public places, partly to promote themselves. See their pictures of the action on Twitter (#1000ungafeminister) and on Instagram @ungafeminister. … Continue readingRe-dress the gents

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The last trump
Cat Links August / Interiors / Sculpture

The last trump

[dot_recommends] Angel blowing the last trump hanging from the painted ceiling of Kungälv’s church – late 1600s. Kungälv lies just across the river from Gothenburg.

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Brick maker
Cat Links July / Sculpture / Signs

Brick in the wall

All in all, it’s just another brick in the wall… [dot_recommends] … and another one. [dot_recommends] Impressed as a decoration on these bricks in a wall in Haga, scenes fromContinue readingBrick in the wall

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The crocodile by the palm house
Cat Links July / Sculpture

The crocodile by the Palm House

[dot_recommends] A sculpture of a crocodile – or it may be an alligator – made from the treads of used tires, crawls around a flower bed at Trädgårdsföreningen near theContinue readingThe crocodile by the Palm House

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The Guardian
Cat Links June / Sculpture

The guardian

[dot_recommends] A guardian hawk, or perhaps an eagle, cut from granite, stands at the entrance to number 11 Kungsgatan. Its pair stands on the other side of the same doorway.

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Waves of stone
Cat Links June / Sculpture

Waves of stone

[dot_recommends] Part of a sculpture of curved pieces of stone near the Lindholmen Science Park.

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Bältesspennarna
Cat Links June / Sculpture

Bältesspännarna

[dot_recommends] This statue of two men fighitng while bound together with the same belt stands in Bältesspennarparken. It was made by Gothenburg sculptor Johan Peter Molin (1814-1873). Currently – thisContinue readingBältesspännarna

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