MONICA BONVICINI
SHE LIES
BJØRVIKA FJORD, OSLO
PERMANENT INSTALLATION SINCE 2010
She Lies is a monumental permanent sculpture built out of stainless steel and glass panels and floats amidst the fjord on the water. By turning around its own axis in correspondence to the tides, the sculpture offers changing views through the reflections on the mirrored and semitransparent surfaces. Bonvicini’s sculpture is a three dimensional interpretation of Caspar David Friedrich’s painting Das Eismeer, 1823-24. It is particularly referring to the central motive of the work: the massive piles of ice that function as a symbol for power and magnificence of the north.
Permanent installation on the Bjørvika Fjord, in front of the Norwegian Opera and Ballet, Oslo.