Sculpture in Nature
- Entrance fee:
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Adults & students: 50 SEK
Art.Pass holders: Free entry
Children/youths (0-17 years): Free entry - Guided map:
- You can buy a guided map, with information about the artworks in English, at our reception.
- Audio guide to the outdoor exhibition Sculpture in Nature:
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Buy an audio guide to the outdoor exhibition "Sculpture in Nature" on our webshop and listen to it on your smartphone or tablet.
The audio guide is available in Swedish and English. You will be able to choose the language after you have purchased the audio guide.
Sculpture in Nature is Artipelag’s permanent outdoor exhibition. The artworks can be seen along the walking paths in the surrounding forests and meadows, along the seashore, on the jetty and the headland.
As the name suggests, Sculpture in Nature is all about the interaction that occurs when art is placed in nature and not as customary in the neutral white cube. An interaction that has always been of great importance at Artipelag, not only through the position of the art works but also through the architecture and how nature’s elements find a place inside and is allowed through walls and ceilings.
Sculpture in nature include art works by Nordic as well as international artists. In the permanent exhibition we find Jaume Plensa, Maria Miesenberger, Berlinde De Bruyckere, Lars Nilsson, Klara Kristalova, Joel Fisher and Per Kirkeby and more.
Sculpture in nature is an ongoing process and new art works – both permanent and borrowed – are continuously added to the exhibition. The art works are sometimes also given new positions to form new contexts and to keep the dynamic format of the exhibition.
New artworks in the Sculpture Park
Bigert & Bergström’s Solar Egg is presented as a permanent sculpture in Sculpture in Nature. Its position, on a rock by the water edge of Baggensfjärden, is believed to become a landmark for Artipelag’s visitor, whether arriving by land or by boat.
The first time Solar Egg was displayed at Artipelag was in connection with the exhibition by the artist duo Bigert & Bergström in 2017. When the sculpture now is reinstated, it will be as a sculpture in the permanent outdoor exhibition Sculpture in Nature.
Solar Egg was originally produced by the artist duo Bigert & Bergström (Mats Bigert, b.1965 och Lars Bergström b.1962) commissioned by Riksbyggen and placed in Kiruna. The sculpture was then a social sculpture used as a sauna, where the inhabitants of Kiruna could meet and where the residents of Kiruna could get together and discuss the transformation the city was facing in connection with the expansion of the iron ore mining.
Practical information
Adults and students: SEK 50
Art.Pass holders: Free
Children/youth (0-17 years): Free
Some areas are accessed via the wooden boardwalk, but some of the works are placed in light terrain. During wet or icy weather, use of the boardwalk is at your own risk. Walking shoes are recommended.
Kindly respect the nature. Do not climb the art works and use the foot paths in the woods.
Here you will find all practical information for visiting Artipelag.
