Per Kirkeby: Public Sculptures that Commemorate Nothing but Their Surroundings

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The interview Per Kirkeby: "We Build Upon Ruins" published on Louisiana Channel not only showcases the colorful canvases of the Danish painter, sculptor, filmmaker, and writer, but also his own reflections on the importance of surroundings that "give us so much baggage." It's this very idea that Kirkeby brings to his brick sculpture displays, where something simple and sometimes useful puts aside inaccessible conceptualism to pay homage to the surroundings rather than the sculptures themselves.

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Cite: Dejtiar, Fabian. "Per Kirkeby: Public Sculptures that Commemorate Nothing but Their Surroundings" [Per Kirkeby: esculturas públicas de ladrillo que no conmemoran nada, salvo el entorno ] 26 Dec 2019. ArchDaily. (Trans. Johnson, Maggie) Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/930520/per-kirkeby-public-sculptures-that-commemorate-nothing-but-their-surroundings> ISSN 0719-8884

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