Growth
Title and year
Growth, 1971
Material
Iron
Artist
Børge Jørgensen, 1928-1998
Location
In the grounds of Brundlund Slot, off Dronning Margrethesvej, Aabenraa
Description
The sculpture Growth powerfully shoots upwards from a slight foundation, as though it just exploded from the soil and is balancing its great curled-in bud on the slender stalk to avoid falling over. Organic and geometrical features intermingle, as the plant’s constrained petals seem ready to burst open and unfurl.
Børge Jørgensen, originally a painter, moved into sculpture in the 1950s, and in the 1960s he shifted from a figurative to an abstract artistic language. One has the feeling that an abstract sculpture like Growth evolved from his stylization of recognizable elements.