KATHARINA GROSSEbLinkPaint on aluminum, steel, concrete and asphalt
Permanent installation, Göteborg, Sweden, commissioned by the Public Art Agency Sweden
Permanent Installation
Göteborg
Sweden
1 May 2025
A pink, fictious, boulder, the sizew of a three storey-building is placed on the railway bridge of the West Link, by Olskroken in Gothenburg. bLINK is an artwork by the internationally renowned artist Katharina Grosse, produced and commissioned by Public Art Agency Sweden and the Swedish Transportation Authority, as a part of the artistic design of the West Link. Through bLINK, the artist Katharina Grosse invites the viewer to imagine a giant spotlight directing a pink light beam towards the ground. All the surfaces that are fictitiously hit by the cone of light are coloured pink: railway bridge, trusses, ground surfaces, footpaths and cycle paths. In the middle of the light, a giant boulder, as big as a three-story building, seems to have landed on the E 6. bLINK links time, movement and space and adds something entirely unexpected and theatrical to the place. In its proportions the sculpture refers to Skansen Lejonet, the defensive rampart that for several centuries has looked out over a landscape in transformation. The work with bLINK has placed great demands on construction and safety because it is the first time in Sweden that a work of art has been integrated into a railway facility. This is one of several works of art in Västlänken, all of which have their starting point in the artistic vision Kronotopia – a concept that connects to Gothenburg and the shared history of the citizens of Gothenburg.
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- Ricard Estay / Statens konstråd
- Courtesy: Public Art Agency Sweden
- © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025
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