Jewels of Kvinesdal
A multi-media sculpture and miniature landscape set on the main stage of the Utsikten Kunstsenter's outdoor arena, overlooking the Kvinesdal fjord.  

R. Shirley's outdoor art installation Jewels of Kvinesdal evokes a utopian, phantasmagoric world inspired by contemporary and ancient architecture, science fiction in literature and film, the Vest-Agder Nowegian countryside and by Viking era artifacts and history.

The installation is composed of handcrafted cast resin, silicone, cement, and clay sculptures of variable sizes (from 40 cm to 5 cm high and wide), architectural spotlights and a heated 9 meters in diameter mirror-base. The colorful sculptures evoke utopian dwellings and fragments of ancient civilizations.
Located on the Kunstsenter's outdoor stage, it is installed like a miniature theater-set staged against the stunning backdrop of the Kvinesdal fjord, viewable from up close and, from a distance from the nearby hills and valley. The natural surroundings  further transform the piece thanks to the reflective surface upon which the cast sculptures sit, jewel-like. As the weather around the fjord changes, so too does the art work's surface, creating a world-within-a-world in the fjord's vast landscape.


Jewels of Kvinesdal will be on View from November 7, 2009 - April 7, 2010.

The Arctic Circle

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October 5-22 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

"The Arctic Circle" lead by "The Farm" Foundation is a nexus where art intersects science, architecture and activism , an incubator for thought

and experimentation for artists and innovators who seek out and foster areas of collaboration to engage in the central issues of our time.

 

Temporary light sculptures on water - works in progress.

 

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