Calle Örnemark

The wooden sculpture Jätten Vist

Calle Örnemark (born 1933^[1]) is an artist and sculptor from Jönköping Municipality, Sweden. He is particularly known for large wooden sculptures, but he also makes paintings and metal sculptures.

His first large sculpture was Jätten Vist (the Giant Vist) completed in 1969 and standing over 11 metres (36 ft) high next to the European route E4, at Huskvarna. According to the legend, the giant was on the way home from a party in Västergötland. He threw some grass and soil into the lake Vättern for his wife to step on, thus creating the island Visingsö.^[2][3]

In the 1980s his very large outdoor wooden sculptures Bounty and Indiska reptricket (the Indian rope trick) at Riddersberg manor, south of Jönköping drew many visitors. The mobile Bounty resembled a ship and the 103 meter high Indiska reptricket was the worlds highest sculpture. Both were town down in 2007 after their condition had deteriorated.^[3][4][5]

His later work includes a wooden balloon in Gränna, Sweden^[6] and Morgans skip in Gratangen, Norway, showing the wrecking of Henry Morgan's ship Oxford in the Caribbean.^[7][8][9]

Örnemark lives and works in Gränna, but also has a studio on Visingsö.^[10]

References

1. ^ "Konst och experiment av Calle Örnemark" (in Swedish). book listing. LIBRIS. http://libris.kb.se/bib/736971?vw=full. Retrieved 2009-04-05. 
2. ^ Fäldt, Gabriella (2006-11-03). "Jätten Vist skapade Visingsö" (in Swedish). Jnytt. http://www.jnytt.se/nyhet/3813/jatten-vist-skapade-visingso. Retrieved 2009-04-05. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Maltell, Tommy (2004). "Jätten Vist" (in Swedish). Per Brahegymnasiet website. Jönköping County. http://www.pb.edu.jonkoping.se/konst/Jatten.html. Retrieved 2009-04-05. 
4. ^ Söderlund, Andreas (2008-04-24). "En gåva från himmelen - till Norge" (in Swedish). Jnytt. http://www.jnytt.se/nyhet/15559/en-gava-fran-himmelen---till-norge. Retrieved 2009-04-05. 
5. ^ "Välkända konstverk rivna" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 2007-01-11. http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/isidorpub/PrinterFriendlyArticle.asp?artikel=1137644&ProgramID=91. Retrieved 2009-04-05. 
6. ^ Sandbacka, Sara (2008-10-20). "Calles ballong har landat" (in Swedish). Jnytt. http://www.jnytt.se/Read__19181.aspx. Retrieved 2009-04-05. 
7. ^ Mortensen, Martin; Fuglesang, Kaspar (2008-09-27). "Fuktig dåp" (in Norwegian). NRK. http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/troms_og_finnmark/1.6237681. Retrieved 2009-04-05. 
8. ^ Borgersen, Merete Loftsgarden (2008-09-28). "Velkommen til Lille Jamaica" (in Norwegian). Fremover. http://www.fremover.no/lokale_nyheter/article3814893.ece. Retrieved 2009-04-05. 
9. ^ Hanssen, Ann-Kristin (2008-09-18). "Bodøværing "strandet" i Gratangen" (in Norwegian). Avisa Nordland/Fremover. http://www.an.no/kultur/article3795507.ece. Retrieved 2009-04-05. 
10. ^ "Calle Örnemark" (in Swedish). Calle Örnemark website. http://www.visingso.net/naring/ornemark/calle.html. Retrieved 2009-04-05. 

Further reading

• Andersson, Stellan (1983) (in Swedish). Den fantastiske Calle Örnemark (The Fantastic Calle Örnemark). Huskvarna: Rydheims Tryckeri. ISBN 91-7260-887-0. 
• Borbas, Josef (1987) (in Swedish, English and German). Konst och experiment av Calle Örnemark : Art and experiment of Calle Örnemark = Kunst und Experiment von Calle Örnemark. Huskvarna: Rydheims Tryckeri. 

External links

• Calle Örnemark website (Swedish)

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