Stavanger kommune

public, where multi-disciplinary projects and performances are
central. The premises are rented out to artists and commercial
cultural enterprises. The goal is that Tou Scene shall be a work
in progress, while retaining its cultural integrity and profile.
Sculpture in the City
Public sculpture is part of any active and affluent city.
The first sculpture in Stavanger was the Iron
Fountain (Jernfontenen), purchased when the
waterworks were established in 1866.
Gradually statues of the town’s dignitaries
and purely artistic sculptures were
erected.
Broken chain by Johannes Block Hellum 1986
Shipping monument by Arnold Haukeland 1968
One work, which is very noticeable
and which has received international
attention, is Anthony Gormley’s
“Broken Column”. This comprises 23
stylized full-scale (1.95 m) casts of
the artist’s body. These are installed at
different locations, at a constant difference
in altitude equal to the height
of the statues, so that they would
have formed an unbroken column
if they had stood in the same place.
All the sculptures face the same
direction.
Alexander Kielland
by Magnus Vigrestad 1928
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