Lyssnande lodjur (Listening Lynx)
A life-size bronze lynx sits on a small stone plinth. The body is twisted in profile while the lynx looks over its shoulder. It squints with its eyes and the pointed ears are pointed. The mouth is closed with a hint of a smile. The surface of the sculpture is rough and clearly worked, first made of clay and then cast of bronze.
Georg Ganmar was a sculptor from Hallstahammar who worked a lot with animal depictions. A recurring motif was the lynx, which he captured in various gestures and states of motion. You’ll find one of his lynxes in Gubbängen in Stockholm, crouching in readiness to leap at its prey. Here in Örebro, the lynx looks like he has just turned his head toward a sound, to listen and investigate.
The listening lynx is made of bronze, but Ganmar also worked in wood and most often in stone. The bronze surface in this case is quite lumpy. To bring out the shape of the lynx in the clay, Ganmar pressed the material over and over, using tools or his hands. The imprints from this work were then transferred to the cast bronze form.
Listening Lynx was one of the last things the artist did in life. The order from Örebro came in 1978 and Ganmar died later that same year. He was able to create and sign a model of the sculpture in clay, but completion of the final bronze version was taken over by his colleague, K.G. Bejemark. You can see Ganmar’s signature at the bottom of the bronze pedestal, next to one of the lynx’s legs.
If you close your eyes and listen, what do you hear?
Konstverk: Lyssnande lodjur (Listening Lynx)
Konstnär: Georg Ganmar
År: 1979
Material: Bronze
Placering: At the café in Stadsparken.
Ägare: Örebro läns Trädgårdsaktiebolag
Konstverkets position på karta
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