A 25-by-25-metre stone wall made of Swedish granite, built without mortar, is to be erected on Djurgården. Andy Goldsworthy is building it by hand using traditional methods, framing it against an exposed rock outcrop. Visitors will be able to enter and “feel a physical anchorage in the landscape”.
“Stone Field” is what he calls the sculpture, which is linked to the natural stone walls erected on Djurgården during the 18th and 19th centuries. Now the tradition is being carried forward in a work of art that recalls “the value of slow, careful craftsmanship”, says the sculpture park’s operations manager, Sara Sandström, in a press release.
Andy Goldsworthy is a so-called land artist who has explored the relationship between people, nature and the landscape since the 1970s. He makes sculptures and installations from leaves, branches or ice, which he sometimes takes to museums and galleries.
“Stone Field” will be the eighth work in Princess Estelle’s Sculpture Park. It will be inaugurated on June 2 next year.
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