Category: Street art

Works of art both official (eg sculptures) and unofficial (eg graffiti).

Graffiti window

Graffiti window

[dot_recommends] By contrast with yesterday’s photo, this is a broken window in a building scheduled for demolition near Kvillebeck. Another archive photo – this building no longer exists.

Stone faces

Stoneface

[dot_recommends] Mysterious faces painted on a stone. [dot_recommends] The work of Gotheburg artist Joakim Stampe. See also Faces in the Rocks on TheSupercargo’s main site.

Ingemar Johansson (Ingo the Champ) statue on Ulevigatan

Ingo the Champ

[dot_recommends] Statue of Ingemar Johansson, local hero and once heavyweight boxing champion of the world. [dot_recommends] Ingo the Champ outside the Ullevi sports stadium.

Sculpture head of doe with raindrops

Wet doe

[dot_recommends] This sculpture of a doe stands in Kungsparken. I liked the rain drops on her face.

Tree decorated with children's dummies

Sacrifice tree

[dot_recommends] The old Norse used to sacrifice to their gods by hanging offerings in a tree. The tradition seems to live on, though dummies (pacifiers) hang here rather than horsesContinue readingSacrifice tree

Flora in a bicycle helmet with ears

Flora with a hat in the rain

[dot_recommends] Flora is a statue by the sculptor Ivar Johnsson and she stands on Floras kulle (Flora’s hillock) just outside the old city. Actually, she’s the main feature in aContinue readingFlora with a hat in the rain

Schillerska's facebook: the 2011 intake

Schillerska school’s facebook

[dot_recommends] Schillerska gymnasium (upper secondary/senior high school) has taken to displaying the faces of each year’s intake as stencilled graffiti on this utility building in the carpark. A kind ofContinue readingSchillerska school’s facebook