Sculpture
Whistleblower by Kader Attia. Photo: Vegard Kleven
Kader Attia’s Whistleblower unveiled
Kistefos is delighted to announce the unveiling of Whistleblower, six captivating glass sculptures by internationally acclaimed artist Kader Attia. The sculptures, revealed to the public on August 22, 2024, are nestled in the tranquil forest south of The Twist. Whistleblower is the 54th work in the sculpture park contributing to the museums’s rich collection with its profound exploration of the relationship between nature and culture.
Bench by Tatiana Trouvé. Photo: Vegard Kleven.
The Guardian av Tatiana Trouvé. Photo: Vegard Kleven.
Tatiana Trouvé is the Sculptor of the Year!
It is a pleasure to be able to announce the French-Italian artist Tatiana Trouvé (b. 1968 in Cosenza, Italy) as the sculptor of the year at Kistefos. For the season opening, Trouvé has created two site-specific works, which will be displayed in the historical Wood Pulp Mill.
Pierre Huyghe, Variants, 2021 - ongoing. Scanned forest, real-time simulation, generative mutations and sounds, intelligent camera, environmental sensors, animals, plants, micro-organisms and materialized mutations: synthetic and biological material aggregate. Courtesy of the artist; Kistefos Museum; Hauser and Wirth, London. Photo: Ola Rindal © Pierre Huyghe.
Variants by Pierre Huyghe
Variants by Pierre Huyghe is now open for the season. The artwork is located on a previously inaccessible island and may be closed at short notice in case of rain or high water levels in the river. If you are visiting us specifically for Variants, we recommend contacting us in advance to ensure that the artwork is open.
Marianne Heske is the sculptor of the year 2023
Kistefos is pleased to announce Marianne Heske as sculptor of the year. Heske has worked as an artist for over 40 years, and is considered a leading figure in Norwegian conceptual art. The bronze sculpture Blue, which will be available to the public from Thursday 17 August, is a continuation of Heske's work with the doll's head, a recurring motif in her art since the 1970s.
Skulptur I, 2022, Tone Vigeland. Photo: Vegard Kleven.
August 2022: New sculpture by Norwegian artist Tone Vigeland unveiled
- We are deeply honored that Tone Vigeland accepted the challenge of creating a site-specific work for Kistefos. Vigeland is one of Norway's most renowned artists and it is a great pleasure to be able to unveil this beautiful sculpture as work number 51 in the sculpture park, says director at Kistefos, Birgitte Espeland.
Castor & Pullox is one of four Tony Cragg-artworks at Kistefos. It tells the story about the twins Castor and Pollux from Roman mythology, who were immortalized and united in the sky as two stars. Photo: Einar Aslaksen.
Path of Silence by Jeppe Hein is a favorite of many - including the children, who use it as a fountain in it in the summer. Photo: Einar Aslaksen.
Articulated Column is one of four sculptures by Tony Cragg. This one was unveiled in 2001. Photo: Frederic Boudin
Sculpture park of international standing
The scenic Kistefos Sculpture Park has an impressive collection of works by internationally renowned contemporary artists including Yayoi Kusama, Tony Cragg, Claes Oldenburg, Anish Kapoor, Olafur Eliasson, Fernando Bottero and Elmgreen & Dragset.
Detail from Tumbling Tacks by Oldenburg and van Bruggen. Photo: Einar Aslaksen.
Overview of the sculptures
The sculpture park contains 52 sculptures. The works range from the monumental to the unobtrusive, the profound to the playful.
Guest, Sandra Machado:
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Map over the sculpture park
Navigate in the map to find the sculptures
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01 Ståle Kyllingstad, Installation
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02 Nils Aas, Consul Anders Sveaas, 1840-1917
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03 Nico Widerberg, Time
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04 Beate Juell, Stallion
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05 Kristian Blystad, Playing horse
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06 Bjarne Melgaard, Octopus
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07 Kjell Nupen, Stille, Stille/Mediteraneo
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08 Kjell Nupen, Mediteraneo
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09 Edgar Ballo, Blå tulipan
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10 Anne-Karin Furunes, Christen Sveaas
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11 Olafur Eliasson, Viewing machine
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12 Siri Bjerke, Mounts of the Samurai The Third Day
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13 Fernando Botero, Female Torso
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14 Tony Cragg, Articulated Column
The energy and shape of the sculpture easily give associations to the surrounding natural landscape, especially the water and the waterfall's fierce power/energy.
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15 Fabrizio Plessi, Movimenti della Memoria
This installation is placed inside the Wood Pulp Mill
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16 Elmgreen og Dragset, Forgotten Babies # 2
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17 Marianne Heske, Homage to Leo the Lion
The sculpture is placed inside the Wood Pulp Mill
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18 Shintaro Miyake, Welcome to our Planet
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19 Kristin Günther, Hesten
The sculpture is placed inside the Wood Pulp Mill
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20 Tony Cragg, I'm Alive
This sculpture, with the fitting title I’m Alive, at first glance looks like a powerful creature meandering forward.
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21 Tony Cragg, Bent of mind
Bent of Mind looks as though it is constantly growing and changing. The two profiles, which make up the sculpture’s main motive, constantly change character as you move around the sculpture to see them from different angles.
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22 Petroc Sesti, Energy-Matter-Space-Time
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23 Magne Furuholmen, Hypnos Descending
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24 Elmgreen og Dragset, Warm Regards
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25 Anish Kapoor, S-Curve
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26 Oldenburg og van Bruggen, Tumbling Tacks
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27 Thomas Bayrle, Sternmotor Hochamt
You´ll find Sternmotor Hochamt inside the Furnace House, just outside The Wood Pulp Mill
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28 Marc Quinn, All of Nature Flows Through Us
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29 John Gerrard, Pulp Press (Kistefos)
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30 Fredrik Raddum, Teddy - Beast of the Hedonic Treadmill
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31 Fredrik Raddum, Catastrophic road Signs, Sun
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32 Per Inge Bjørlo, Slektstrea, Genbanken
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33 Phillip King, Free to Frolic
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34 Jeppe Hein, Modified Social Benches Kistefos
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35 Jeppe Hein, The Path to Silence
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36 A Kassen, River Man
River Man by the artistic collective A Kassen took form as liquid bronze was poured directly into the waters of the Randselva river.
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37 Ilya Kabakov, The Ball
The installation, with its location in the midst of nature, can be seen as a commentary on man's relationship with nature.
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38 Tony Cragg, Castor & Pollux
With Castor & Pollux, Cragg takes a new and radical step in the development of the Rational Beings series. Raw muscle power and animal energy are just some of the things you experience in the encounter with this monumental work.
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39 Lynda Benglis, Face Off
Benglis visited Kistefos and became inspired by the landscape and atmosphere of the site, Scandinavian mythology, and folklore. The sculpture can be seen as partly frozen waterfall, partly giant.
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40 Yayoi Kusama, Shine of Life
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41 Mark Manders, Silent Studio
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42 Giuseppe Penone, Identity
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43 Elmgreen & Dragset, Point of View, Part 1
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44 Elmgreen & Dragset, Point of View, Part 2
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45 Tony Oursler, Scat Skat Skatt
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46 Lawrence Weiner, Stedsspesifikk skulptur
This sculpture is placed in two different locations in the park.
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47 Magne Furuholmen, The Birthright
Text and letters have always been central as a pictorial element in Furuholmen's work. What happens if you deconstruct sentences, break them down into single words or put them together in new combinations?
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48 Carol Bove, PASANASAP
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49 Ida Ekblad, A DEADLY SLUMBER OF ALL FORCES
Ekblads sculpture is a fascinating hybrid of her artistic practices. The work is a sculptural collage made of fragments from her own paintings.
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50 Pierre Huyghe, Variants
The work comprises artificial intelligence, 3D-scanned objects, living creatures and organisms, and offers something completely unique in the sculpture park.
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51 The Twist Gallery
The Twist is a gallery, a bridge, and a sculpture, all in one. The 1000 square meter building twists into a sculptural form and spans 60 meters across the Randselva river. The building was designed by the Danish star architects BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group and is named as a "must-see" cultural destination by the New York Times, Bloomberg and The Telegraph, among others.
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52 Marianne Heske, Blue
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53 Tatiana Trouvé, Bench
The essence of Kistefos is encapsulated in the sculptures, inviting contemplation and reflection. These works allude to the workers’ community which was a defining feature of Kistefos until the mid-1950s, while also mirroring distinctively Norwegian values and ruminating on the universal human experience.
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54 Tatiana Trouvé, The Guardian
Essensen av Kistefos er kapslet inn i skulpturene og inviterer til ettertanke og refleksjon. Verkene henspiller på arbeidersamfunnet som preget Kistefos frem til midten av 1950-tallet, men speiler også verdier som er særnorske og som drøfter det universelle ved det å være menneske.
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55 Kader Attia, Whistleblower
The artwork consists of six blue glass sculptures placed in the forest south of The Twist.
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56 Tone Vigeland, Skulptur I, 2022
Abstract in idiom, Sculpture I, 2022 almost seems like a distorted piece of jewellery as it changes expression every time you move around it.
