Sculptures

© Olav Orud / BONO. Anax Imperator, 1996

The Last Flight of the Insect

Near the Geophysical Institute stands a large sculpture. It's stylized, but not as abstract as it may seem at first glance. Anax Imperator is the Latin name of the Emperor dragonfly. We recognize the insect in the shape of the sculpture, but it seems to have crash-landed during a flight.

A sculptor and his work

In the courtyard of the Sydneshaugen school building there is a little sculpture. It depicts a man embracing a much smaller woman. The sculpture is almost insignificant in size, but those who notice it are often struck by the feelings playing across the man's face.

Sun from the North

Helios Boreios means "sun from the north". But the sun may not be the first association you’ll get from the solid sculpture, which is composed of blocks of pink granite. The sculpture is meant to be decorative. With its powerful rock arms it can resemble a rock carving, or a character from an...

Like an Open Door

The composer Edvard Grieg is a figure that most of us recognize when we see him portrayed. In Gunnar Torvund’s sculpture, the area around the figure is sculpted in bronze, so that Grieg’s famous profile emerges. The original material is bent to the side, like an open door. We get to experience both...

A Bench to be Seen

Outside Dragefjellet there is a bench. The bench is a sculpture. It is beautifully situated overlooking Puddefjorden, surrounded by green grass. It is not meant to be sat on.

Sculptural Development

When we walk up towards the main entrance to the Science building, a boat appears straight ahead. It is half buried in the ground, with the bow facing toward the main entrance as a pointer. The boat is part of the series Utvikling I-III (Development I-III), which consists of three sculptures of...

Metropolis

The chimney at the Student Centre is a sculpture. Metropolis stands tall next to the main building. The chimney was originally nine meters high, and with its decoration, it stretches 17 meters above the ground; the very image of a miniature metropolis.

Blue Flight

Anny Birgitte Aak's sculpture Flight of the Thought is bluer than the skies. The sculptural ribbon moves in whirling circles, winding, unfettered.

Warm humanity portrayed in bronze

A girl is standing upright, bashfully, not seeking our attention. The girl is young, her body unfinished. She does not seem to be aware that anyone is watching her.

Nexus

Rhythmically repetitive forms. A restrained visual language. An intelligent understanding of the balance of the room. These features characterize Suvi Nieminen’s sculptural installation Nexus.

Istvan Szentgyörgyi: Lekende gutt, 1920.

Playing boy

A boy with a bat is poised to run. One foot is placed well in front of the other, and his upper body is hunched. The arm not holding the bat is pulled backwards. Any moment now, he will tear his feet away from the thin base he stands on, and run like the wind between the library shelves.

Rados Dedic: Coelestem Adspicit Lucem, 1996.

Spectral Figures

Two sculptures at the UoB are made by Rado Dedic. They both have Latin titles that give the motif a deeper meaning.

Arnold Haukeland: Utkast til Sjøfartsmonumentet i Stavanger, 1968

Sculpture as free association

Lines and planes of steel float elegantly past one another. Located on a high pedestal, the Draft to the Maritime Monument in Stavanger gives the viewer a whiff of sea and wind, despite its materiality.

A Play in Stone

Trickle fountain in natural sandblasted concrete, 1972.