ARMORS, the sculptures by Icelandic artist Steinunn Thórarinsdóttir, have been moved from Kongens Nytorv to Sankt Annæ Plads.

The installation has three pairs of figures and in each pair there is an androgynous figure who is set apart from and facing a figure in medieval armour.

The three figures in armour are different and are from the collection of the New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and have been reproduced through the use of 3D scanning. The androgynous figures are based on studies of the artist’s son.

These figures stand on the ground, rather than being set up on a pedestal, and, visually, seem to work better on the gravel surface here.

The statues remained on Kongens Nytorv for longer than suggested in the original programme.

armors on Kongens Nytorv

Steinunn Thórarinsdóttir
Galleri Christoffer Egelund
Kongens Nytorv from 24 August
Sankt Annæ Plads 15 September ? - December 2021

ARMORS by Icelandic artist Steinunn Thórarinsdóttir, has been installed on Kongens Nytorv - the large public square in front of the palace of Charlottenborg - the home of the Royal Danish Academy of Art.

The installation has three pairs of figures and in each pair there is an androgynous figure who is set apart from and facing a figure in medieval armour.

These figures stand on the ground, rather than being set up on a pedestal, so they occupy the space of the viewer and so they, the viewers, become part of an implied dialogue or confrontation.

In Copenhagen the works of Steinunn Thórarinsdóttir can be seen at the Rigshospitalet; on the pavement in front of St. Jakobs Kirke in Osterbrogade; in the courtyard of Finansrådet in Amaliegade and outside Terminal 3 at Copenhagen Airport.

In 2015 the exhibition PLACES when figures by Steinunn Thórarinsdóttir were installed in various locations around Copenhagen in collaboration with the City of Copenhagen and Galleri Christoffer Egelund.

Places - exhibition in June 2015

Steinunn Thórarinsdóttir
Galleri Christoffer Egelund
Kongens Nytorv 24 August - 15 September 2021
Sankt Annæ Plads 15 September - December 2021