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Wanås exhibitions

Since 1987, contemporary art with a focus on site-specific installations has been displayed at Wanås. Art is displayed in the park and in exhibition halls in renovated stables and warehouse buildings from the 18th and 19th centuries. In the park there are some 70 sculptures and installations permanently on display.

Selection of the outdoors exhibitions

*''The little bridge'' (1988), diabas, by Stefan Wewerka *''Black line'' (1988), Raffael Rheinsberg *''Terra Maximus'' (1989), by

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*''Gray Clam'' (1990), by Jene Highstein *''Pyramiden'' (1990), by Gunilla Bandolin *''Stigma'' (1991), by Gloria Friedmann *''Observatorium'' (1992), by Icelandic sculptor Rúrí (f 1951) *''Cow Chapel'' (1993), by Kari Cavén *''Wanås'' (1994), by Per Kirkeby *''Sprungen Ur'' (1996), by Pål Svensson *''Parables'' (1998), by

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*''The Hunt Chair for Animal Spirits'' (1998), by

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*''Imposter'' (1999), by Roxy Paine *''A House for Edwin Denby'' (2000), by Robert Wilson *''Fideicommissum'' (2000), bronze, by

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*''Two Different Anamorphic Surfaces'' (2000), by

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*''Together and Apart'' (2001), by Antony Gormley *''Wanås Wall'' (2002), by

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*''Vertigo'' (2002), by Charlotte Gyllenhammar *''lignum'' (2002), by Ann Hamilton *''I Am Thinking About Myself – Wanås 2003'' (2003), Marianne Lindberg De Geer *''11 Minute Line'' (2004), by

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*''The eighth chimney'' (2007), tegel, by Jan Svenungsson

A selection of the permanent indoors exhibition

*''Svindel'' (2002), by Charlotte Gyllenhammar *''lignum'' (2002), by Ann Hamilton *''Graf Spee'' (2007), by Jan Håfström together with Carl Michael von Hausswolff and Juan Pedro Fabra

References

Other sources

*Osterby, Anette (2000) ''Dan Graham : two different anamorphic surfaces : a new two way mirror pavilion in the Wanås Park, Sweden'' (The Wannas Foundation) *Johnsson, Pehr (1930) ''Vanås : göingebygdens största herresätepp'' (Malmö : Scania)

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