Located about an hour north of Oslo sits the Kistefos sculpture park that houses local and internationally renowned artists. It is open from May 24 to October 2020 this year with the sculpture park open all year round. The Twist gallery which stands at the centre of this idyllic setting is both a"gallery, bridge and sculpture". Designed by Danish architects BIG, Bjarke Ingels Group it recently won the LCD Berlin Award for Best Architecture. The Kistefos derives strong support from its owner Christen Sveaas, a Norwegian businessman who views each artwork an individual piece that blends in natural harmony with the architecture and surrounding environment: "Everything I commission must be site specific. I want the artists to to be triggered by the picturesque landscape and its history".
1. The Twist
2. Hodgkin and Creed Inside and Out Exhibition
3. Martin Creed, Work No. 2325. 2015
4. Reflection by Jeppe Hein, at display in Nybruket Gallery in 2016.
5. Jeppe Hein Modified Social Benches
6. Tony Cragg Castor Pollux
Twins derived from Greek Mythology they are joined together at the top.
7. A Kassen River Man
This bronze sculpture is one of three made by pouring bronze into the Randselva water. Once poured each took on a shape of its own.
8. The Gallery at day time
9. Picturesque Norway
10.S Curve by Anish Kapoor
The S Curve is really an "S in reverse: and runs 10m long. It is also a mirror and sit atop an island in the middle of the river.
11. Tony Cragg Bent of Mind
12.Giuseppe Penone Identity
13. Giuseppe Penone Identity 2
14. Ilya Kabakov The Ball
Sisyphus sentenced to push a ball is joined by two others.
15.Jeppe Hein Modified Social Benches
16.Toilet art by Tony Oursler.
17. Jeppe Hein, Path of Silence
Hein believes that the sculpture should reflect the shape of the water.
18. All of Nature Flows Through Us by Marc Quinn
Here, water flows through what Marc Quinn wanted to be the iris of the eye.
19. Energy Matter Space Time' by Petroc Sesti was unveiled in 2006
Mineral oil comprises a portion of the material inside this vessel while the material of the container remains a secret. The only thing known about it is that is also used by NASA.
20. Yayoi Kusama, Shine of Life, 2019
21. Shintaro Miyake "Welcome to our planet"
The artist's "aliens" are the leftovers from our polluted environment shown here happily standing in front of its audience.
22. Catastrophic road Signs, Sun by Fredrik Raddum
23. Teddy Beast of the Hedonic Treadmill Fredrik Raddums
This seemingly benign work of art disrupts our awareness and makes one wonder what is really at the centre of our lives, things or our lives.
24. The Path to Silence by Jeppe Hein
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25. Elmgree and Dragset
26. Feelings by Martin Creed
27. Tony Cragg Articulated Column
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