{"id":2533,"date":"2026-06-25T08:14:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T08:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bomuldsfabriken.no\/?page_id=2533"},"modified":"2026-06-30T11:19:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T11:19:40","slug":"gruvene-skulpturpark_eng","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bomuldsfabriken.no\/en\/gruvene-skulpturpark_eng\/","title":{"rendered":"Gruvene skulpturpark English"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gruvene skulpturpark invites visitors to encounter contemporary art in direct relation to a landscape shaped by geology, labour, industry and time.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\r\n

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Where past meets present<\/h3>\r\n \r\n
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Welcome to Gruvene skulpturpark and Torbj\u00f8rnsbu gruver!<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n\r\n

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For several centuries, Torbj\u00f8rnsbu gruver were among the most important iron mines in the country. After mining operations ceased, the area was forgotten and used as a waste dump. With Gruvene skulpturpark at Torbj\u00f8rnsbu gruver, Bomuldsfabriken seeks both to bring this powerful open-pit mine back from oblivion and to establish a public space where visitors can move through a landscape of art and cultural history. We wish to show how older cultural and industrial history can be combined with new artistic expressions, and in this way help shape a new awareness of the site, the art and the cultural history.<\/p>\n

Gruvene skulpturpark and Torbj\u00f8rnsbu gruver are accessed from the third floor of Bomuldsfabriken and are open to the public from spring to autumn, depending on weather and conditions.<\/p>\n

The sculpture park is continually expanding and, as of spring 2026, comprises a total of 10 works. The first sculpture, Dyret<\/em> by B\u00e5rd Breivik, was installed even before the mines opened to the public in 2018. Over time, it has been joined by several site-specific works, all of which relate to the site or its history in their own way.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n <\/details>\r\n <\/div> \r\n <\/div>\r\n\n\n\r\n

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History and artworks in Gruvene skulpturpark<\/h3>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n
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The history of Torbj\u00f8rnsbu gruve<\/h4>\r\n\r\n
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Barnelunga \u2013 Per Inge Bj\u00f8rlo<\/h4>\r\n\r\n
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CLAMBER, SCRAMBLE, CRAWL (hold fast) \u2013 Signe Solberg<\/h4>\r\n\r\n
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Dyret \u2013 B\u00e5rd Breivik<\/h4>\r\n\r\n
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Hvordan g\u00e5r det, takk skal du ha \u2013 Jon Gundersen<\/h4>\r\n\r\n
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Mr. Walker \u2013 Jan H\u00e5fstr\u00f6m<\/h4>\r\n\r\n
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Pepper \u2013 Barbro Raen Thomassen<\/h4>\r\n\r\n
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To the Surface\/Til overflaten \u2013 Maja S. K. Ratkje<\/h4>\r\n\r\n
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Traversatorie \u2013 Jonas H\u00f8gli Major<\/h4>\r\n\r\n
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Uten tittel \u2013 Anders Gjennestad<\/h4>\r\n\r\n
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Verde Lapponia \u2013 Marit F\u00f8lstad<\/h4>\r\n\r\n
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