Solfar Sun Voyager Sculpture B and W
by Allen Beatty
Title
Solfar Sun Voyager Sculpture B and W
Artist
Allen Beatty
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
Description
Sun Voyager (Icelandic: Sólfar) is a sculpture by Jón Gunnar Árnason, located next to the Sæbraut road in Reykjavík, Iceland. Sun Voyager is a dreamboat, an ode to the sun. Intrinsically, it contains within itself the promise of undiscovered territory, a dream of hope, progress and freedom.
In 1986, the district association of the west part of the city funded a competition for a new outdoor sculpture to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the city of Reykjavík. Jón Gunnar’s Sun Voyager won the competition, and the aluminum model was presented to the city for enlargement. The full-sized Sun Voyager was eventually unveiled on Sæbraut on the birthday of the city of Reykjavík, August 18th, 1990.
The work is constructed of quality stainless steel and stands on a circle of granite slabs surrounded by so-called “town-hall concrete”. It was constructed in accordance with Jón Gunnar’s enlarged full-scale drawing of Sun Voyager and was overseen by Jón Gunnar’s assistant, the artist Kristinn E. Hrafnsson. The engineering of the sculpture was supervised by the technologist, Sigurjón Yngvason, in close cooperation with Jón Gunnar himself, the building itself was carried out by Reynir Hjálmtýsson and his assistant.--Wikipedia
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June 30th, 2017
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Michael Mirijan
This wonderful picture is featured on the homepage of the "Pictures for Present" group.
Allen Beatty replied:
Michael, thank you very much for the Home Page Feature in the Pictures for Presents Group
Allen Beatty
Karen, thank you very much for the Home Page Feature in the Nature Landmarks Landscapes Wildlife Group