All my pix from the Vigeland Park.
Gustav Vigeland as a young sculpturer asked the City of Oslo to fund his artistic lifes work and after some convincing was given this spacious piece of land to plan and develop into the immense work of art that it turned out to be.
He left the figures nude because he wanted them timeless and to capture the real sense of human development through life. None of the figures are erotic but symbolic of different stages of life.
He left no explanation for his sculptures but wanted the viewer to come to their own explanation or symbolic meaning.
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| Mother and baby. |
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| Wrestling with life's anxieties. |
So many of the bronzes depict parents with their children. Gustav loved children and had children with a woman that he supported but did not father his children as he thought he could not be a good father. Sad.
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| Some depict the struggle between couples. |
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| This is the famous angry crying child bronze. |
There is a lower garden that has a circle of infants in various stages of development.
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| Kids aren't always happy. |
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| Ah, to frolic when you are young with long hair. :) |
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| This one, our tour guide highlighted as possibly the struggle with creativity. The babies are laughing and having fun even though the father seems frustrated. |
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| from the lower part of the park |
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| I love this grandfather and grandchild bronze. |
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| Bowl of the weight of the world. Some of the men are struggling with more weight than others. There is usually water spilling over the edges, this is a rare chance to see the bronze sculpture. |
Around the bowl is a square of humans each intertwined with a tree. As the square goes around the humans get older and the scenes below depict the struggles of life. From childhood to old age.
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| Young children, boys climbing the tree and girls sharing secrets. |
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| Baby entering life |
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| Baby entering a relationship. |
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| On the right, a mother having to divide her attention. |
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| Two men contemplating the changes in their lives. |
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| Grandmother with grandchild. |
Onward and upward.
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| So pretty flowers. |
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| A look back. |
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| Gates to the granite garden. |
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| The tower surrounded by granite sculptures 3 times real size. |
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| Older ones, dealing with the aging process of a friend? |
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| Young couple celebrating their new family status. |
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| A pile of babies. What symbolism is meant by this? |
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| The bottom of the tower, depicts dead people. All seem to be young? |
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| Halfway up the tower people are hanging on to each other for support. |
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| Toward the top, they seem to be helping those above them. |
Around the tower are large granite sculptures depicting family and relationship.
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| I love this one, a family huddling together and this sister not letting her brother in. |
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| Her face is priceless! |
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| Love this couple. |
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| Grandpa and grandsons. So sweet. |
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| Three girl friends supporting each other. |
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| Two young women tossing a guy? Hmm, that can mean something... |
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| Scuffling boys. |
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| On the right, young men contemplating life. |
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| Boys amazed at life. The future. |
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| Man comforting his wife. |
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| Mothers with their grown daughters. |
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| This doesn't seem right, but may symbolize life struggles. |
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| Two older women sharing painful news? |
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| I love this one. A mother with her grown son. What is she helping him deal with? |
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