Evening in Karl Johan

From 23 February The Nordic World Ski Championship has been held in Oslo. All the events is held at Holmenkollen’s new National Arena, which includes the new spectacular Holmenkollen hill and the naturally beautiful Midtstuen hill. During the WSC there have also been public and cultural events at Holmenkollen and activities especially for children.
 
The medal ceremonies has taken place in the University Square in downtown Oslo. There has been stage shows and a free concert every night, a separate mingling area, an exhibition of ice  sculptures inspired by Edvard Munch and much more. Everything needed to create amajor celebration in Oslo. Both the competitions and the ceremonies have been enormously popular. 50 000 to over 100 000 people have gathered downtown every night!!

Todays picture is of one of the ice sculptures downtown, inspired by (I think) the painting "Evening in Karl Johan" of Edvard Munch. 

The Cross-Country 50 km for men on Sunday will be the last competition in Ski-VM 2011. See more pictures from the championship at Ski-VM 2011's public gallery.

Photo by: Stormel 

Para Haiti

Another guest photographer! sNapaRt visited Oslo together with Man8os last winter. I think this photo is really beautiful.

Ice sculpture for Haiti's victims. Oslo, winter 2010.

Photo by: sNapArt at deviantArt

New piece of art outside the opera house

The piece is called 'Hun ligger' (She Lies) by Monica Bonvicini.

The sculpture is 12 meter tall and weighs 335 tons (the sculpture alone is 35 tons, then the pontoon/float weighs 300 tons).

- She Lies is meant to be a monument about change, longing and hope. A monument about construction: its beauty and its implicit visions, the beauty of the un-done as a permanent state of change . (Monica Bonvicini)

According to the artist, she has "translated" the painting 'Das Eismeer' (1823-24) by Caspar David Friedrich.

The sculpture will be properly unveiled by the Norwegian Queen Sonja, on Tuesday May 11th 2010.




Photos by: Lothiane

Sculptures at Bærums verk

I really love these sculptures, but unfortunately I don't know the name of the artist. Still, I hope you'll enjoy this photo from Bærums verk.

The Guard

This is one of the charming and wonderful sculptures by Finn Hald. It guards the entrance to Galleri Borg, the gallery where most of Finn Hald's art is shown.

Monkey

Detail of a sculpture near my block of flats.

Photo: by Stormel

Heptakord - "The listening Seven"

"The artist Turid Eng's skulpture in front of the Concert Hall in Oslo is named "Heptakord" which means a scale of seven notes and is symbolized by the seven figures. They concentrate on listening and illustrate what the audience in the concert hall experience. The sculpture is monumental in it form but sensitiv in its expression.

The artist has created a miniature of the original Heptakord, a independant piece of art, not only a reduction in size. She has managed to give the miniature the same expression as the original sculpture."

Photo: by Stormel