Artwork: Stigande Spiral

The artist Pål
Svensson is represented with about 40 works of art around Sweden, Denmark and
the USA.

The sculpture
‘Stigande Spiral’ (Rising Spiral) has been polished so it shines, which means
that it captures changes in the environment, constantly changing character and
expression. An exciting effect of this is that the horizontal surroundings
become vertical in the reflection. The artist exploits the twisted shape so
that the 250-centimetre-high sculpture appears to tilt from certain visible
angles.

The block comes from
the Värnamo and Hjortsjö quarry, one of the first places in Sweden where black
granite was quarried. Its shape links the donors to the ‘circulation spiral’
and to their father, who founded the newspaper Värnamo Nyheter.
‘Stigande Spiral’, which is located in the Flanaden square opposite the
newspaper’s former premises, was donated by the siblings and the newspaper’s
former owners – Sonia Wänestig and editor-in-chief Karl-Erik Johansson – in
memory of their father K.W. Johansson, who founded Värnamo Nyheter in
1930.