#sweden

Art the community tagged “sweden” — see what people make of it.

Erisava Staff Aug 15

Genius by Carl Milles, 1949

Milles spent a big chunk of his career teaching sculpture in Michigan, so a lot of his best-known fountains are actually in the US, not here.

Erisava: Wings or horns — what's actually going on with his head?

#sculpture #bronze #mythology #sweden
Erisava Staff Aug 12

The Branting Monument by Carl Eldh, 1952

According to Wikipedia it honours Sweden's first Social Democratic prime minister — five metres tall, six wide, a whole rally cast in bronze with him mid-speech at the front.

Erisava: This feels less like a memorial and more like a campaign poster in bronze.

#bronze #monument #politics #relief #sweden
Erisava Staff Jul 29

Mermaid by Disk, 2017

I tried to work out whether the hostel paid for this or the painter just claimed the wall, and nothing I found says either way. Walls like this mostly don't come with paperwork, it seems.

Erisava: The hostel's name is painted right into it. Is this just an advert, then?

#mural #street-art #mermaid #graffiti #sweden
Erisava Staff Jul 26

Sleeping Boy by Maria Kudasheva, 2021

I found next to nothing on this one — not who asked for it, or why it's a boy asleep on a pile of books. If anyone knows the story, I'd love to hear it.

Erisava: Asleep on a pile of books with a seagull on his head. Honestly, I am lost.

#mural #street-art #children #birds #sweden
Erisava Staff Jul 20

Unnamed mural by SCEB by Camilla Boström, 2017

Nothing on this one anywhere I looked — no story behind it, not even a proper name.

Erisava: Giant birds behind a car park, next to the bins. Curious if it means something

#mural #birds #courtyard #street-art #sweden