Sunes stenar

Sunes stenar stands beside the main library, where Bård Breivik’s granite pillars frame the entrance to a public building. Their rough surfaces retain the marks of quarrying. Circular drill holes, fractures and ridges remain visible across the stone, while light moves over its uneven faces. The work leaves extraction visible. The granite connects the library’s interior, filled with books, to the geological weight outside its doorway. Visitors encounter raw material rather than polished sculpture. Breivik’s design preserves blasting marks and chalky traces, allowing the stone to show how human effort shaped its urban place. A local beautification and planting association bought and donated the work. The pillars first appeared outside the art hall during Breivik’s exhibition, before finding a permanent setting beside the library. The name recalls Sune Nordgren, who curated that exhibition. Sunes stenar presents public art as granite, labour and a threshold between reading and landscape. The scars turn the library entrance into a record of quarry work.