Red granite sculpture in three parts, Sofiero Palace Park, Helsingborg
This sculpture is in three parts. The ear was lying further away from the other two parts - too far apart for me to catch all three in the same photo, so I made this collage. When I was there, I had no idea what it was supposed to symbolize. I still don't, really - but I managed to find that the artist is a Canadian, George Rammell, and the sculpture (entitled something like "spirit of the tumulus") inspired from old Norse mythology, and the giant Ymer (Ymir). To cut a long story short, the world was created from Ymir's dead body.
I must say this is strange to me... interesting though
ReplyDeleteSandra, the sculpture certainly gives rise to more questions than answers...
DeleteIt certainly made me curious when I saw it - and again when I look back at my photos several months later! :)
ReplyDeletewow that's neat, I wonder what they would look like put together.
ReplyDeleteGoodness! I could tell right away that the pieces were done that way deliberately. The ear is so realistic.
ReplyDeleteI never ceased to be amazed by mythology.
ReplyDeleteSame here, Graham :)
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