Qaqortoq Carved in Stone

Stone & Man – Fish Market Stone & Man – Fish Market is a local landmark in Qaqortoq, the largest town in southern Greenland. It combines two characteristic features of the settlement: a small market serving the fishing community and Qaqortoq’s distinctive public art carved into its rocky urban landscape. The fish marke…

Stone & Man – Erik the Red Stone & Man – Erik the Red is an outdoor artwork in Qaqortoq, southern Greenland, forming part of the town’s well-known Stone & Man sculpture project. Rather than standing as a separate building, the work uses the exposed rock of Qaqortoq’s landscape as both material and setting. The Stone & …

Stone & Man – Lithographs Stone & Man is an open-air art project spread through Qaqortoq, Greenland’s largest town in the south. Rather than occupying a single museum or monumental building, the project uses the town’s exposed rock, streets, stairways, and walls as an outdoor exhibition space. The project was initiated…

William Ball, a man weighing forty stone. Colour lithograph.

Stone & Man – Inuit Tribute Stone & Man is an open-air public-art project in Qaqortoq, southern Greenland, where sculptures are integrated into the town’s exposed rock surfaces and built environment. Rather than occupying a single enclosed site, the works form an informal sculpture route through streets, lanes, and roc…

Stone & Man – Mammoth Stone & Man – Mammoth is part of Qaqortoq’s open-air sculpture environment, known collectively as Stone & Man. The project began in 1993, when Greenlandic artist Aka Høegh helped develop a program inviting artists to transform exposed rock surfaces throughout the town. Rather than placing sculptur…