In Struer there are two sculptures by Edgar Funch at the town square. They were a gift for the town, donated by the bank, Sparekassen, which celebrated its 100th year anniversary in 1971.

Edgar Funch’s sculptures often lead the thoughts onto the monuments used in earlier cultures. In the abstracts one discovers masks, which can also be seen in Viking culture. In Funch’s works of art, the human becomes an integrated part of nature.

The two sculptures are carved directly from Norwegian zyen stone, and their colours fit the area so well that one would imagine they were created for this place. However, Funch actually created the sculpture back in 1969.

The location was considered closely in order to give it the best possible lightning.They have been placed so that they have a day side, which can be seen from the pedestrian precinct, and a night side, which is illuminated from the town hall’s windows.

’The Struer Stones’ have two or three vertical pillars as their general centre. The many different stone parts relate to these vertical lines, but the eye constantly plays with the different dimensions.

Some of the stone elements stick out dangerously from the horizontal lines, as if they are ready to fall out and lead the stones to collapse like a house of cards. It provides the sculptures with a magic touch, as if the stones stand up straight, without ever being affected by gravity.

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