{"id":5703,"date":"2025-11-24T09:55:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T09:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wanaskonst.se\/?post_type=samling&p=5703"},"modified":"2026-01-27T15:10:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T15:10:58","slug":"kirkeby-per","status":"publish","type":"samling","link":"https:\/\/wanaskonst.se\/en\/samling\/kirkeby-per\/","title":{"rendered":"Kirkeby, Per"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Per Kirkeby, Wan\u00e5s<\/em>, 1994. Photo Mattias Givell.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Per Kirkeby <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(1938 \u2013 2018, was born in Copenhagen)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wan\u00e5s<\/em>, 1994<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Red Kanik brick, concrete, grave <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to Finja AB, Str\u00e5bruken AB, Skooghs Bygg AB<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The absent ceiling and the open archways in the short sides of the sculpture Wan\u00e5s<\/em> frame the sky and verdant setting, while the closed long sides surround the visitor. Per Kirkeby wrote about the sculpture that he wanted to simultaneously close off and be generous with it, creating a shielded space, but also a place to move through. Kirkeby worked in many media, including sculpture, painting, and printmaking, and he also made films and wrote poetry. In 1965, he exhibited his first brick sculpture; later, brick also arose as a motif in his paintings. It was first in the 1970s, though, that he began creating larger, architectonic brick sculptures. The early sculptures were inspired by Mayan architecture. As a material, brick creates limitations; bricks have a distinct size, but are at the same time a manageable and commonly-found module that can be laid together with other modules in endless combinations. In its surroundings at Wan\u00e5s, the sculpture gains references to the architectural history of Sk\u00e5ne and Denmark. The Nordic countries\u2019 oldest dated brick church, from 1191, lies in nearby Guml\u00f6sa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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