2012 MARSELISBORG PALACE PARK, AARHUS, DENMARK
Three Lions and Nine Hearts is a major sculptural installation for Marselisborg Palace park in Aarhus. The work was bestowed on Queen Margrethe II by Aarhus Municipality and other sponsors as she had indicated that she wanted the work as a gift on her 70th birthday
The installation consists of:
The upright lion 400x100x120cm - The crouching lion 230x96x214cm - The elongated lion 362x116x114cm - 9 hearts in red granite size 70x80x6cm
INSTALLATION AND UNVEILING
CARVING IN MYGDAL
CARVING IN KINA
CASTING - FIBREGLASS
MODELLING I FULL SCALE
SKETCHES AND MODELLING IN 1:14, 1:5 AND 1:3
BRONZE IN 1:14, 1:5 AND 1:3
LITHOGRAPHS
The exhibitions shows the working process from the initial sketches on paper and in clay to the impressive 1:1 models. The exhibition also contains a video following the artist in the long working process. The 26 lithographic sketches of the work and printed at The Print Workshop in Hjørring and donated to the Vrå art gallery by the New Carlsberg Foundation, will also be on display, together with a book with a granite cover containing the original lithographies that were also presented to the Queen.
