The work “The Dodecalite” has been 20 years in the making. On Tuesday, the last large stone sculpture was unveiled.
Queen Mary has on Tuesday unveiled the last of a total of 12 stone sculptures that make up the work of art “The Dodecahedron”.
The granite stones are between seven and nine meters high and stand in a circle at Ravnsby Bakker in Lolland. The twelfth and smallest stone completes the work, which has been 20 years in the making.
The sculpture, named Ymrir, was covered by a large Greenlandic flag before the unveiling.
Sculptor Thomas Kadziola is behind the sculpture.
According to TV2 Øst, in his speech at the inauguration, the sculptor thanked Greenland for “donating the stone for the work”, as the sculpture consists of Greenlandic granite.
The top meters of the 12 stones are carved as human heads. The faces face the center of the circle, which is 40 meters in diameter.
When you visit the work during daylight hours, you can hear electronic music from a sitting stone in the circle.
On Tuesday, the usual music was replaced with Greenlandic songs from the artist Rasmus Lyberth and group singing among those present.
Many curious people turned up at the “Dodecalith” to greet the queen and witness the inauguration.
There was also excitement from Queen Mary following the unveiling.
– It is such an impressive and evocative work of art that many will enjoy, she said to TV 2.
The Queen was also presented with a gift in the form of a brooch containing a small part of the Greenland stone from which the latest sculpture is made. There is also 14 carat white and red gold inlaid in the jewellery, writes TV2 Øst.
It is not the first time that the “Dodecalith” has a royal visit. Queen Margrethe inaugurated the third sculpture in the series ten years ago.
Here, Margrethe caused the cloth covering the stone to fall to the ground after a single blow against the string with an axe.
The visit in June 2016 was part of a summer cruise with the royal ship “Dannebrog”.
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