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.

Styrofoam, concrete pontoon, stainless steel, reflecting glass panels, glass splinters, anchoring system, size above sea level: 1700 x 1600 x 1200 cm
© Image Monica Bonvicini, Erik Berg

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MONICA BONVICINI
Monica Bonvicini emerged as a visual artist and started exhibiting internationally in the mid-1990s. Her multifaceted practice investigates the relationship between architecture, power structures, gender and space. Her research is translated into works that question the meaning of making art, the ambiguity of language, and the limits and possibilities connected to the ideal of freedom. Dry-humored, direct, and imbued with historical, political and social references, Bonvicini’s art never refrains from establishing a critical connection with the sites where it is exhibited, its materials, and the roles of spectator and creator. Since her fi...
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