I See Nude People: The Miracle That Is Oslo’s
Vigeland Park
Blog posted: 22 September 2011 - from Zocalo Public Square, Norway. Last October, in Oslo, amid rainfall and the first cold breaths of winter, I ventured outdoors to a place I had visited before: Oslo’s Frogner Park, home to a work of genius called the Vigeland sculptures.
Oslo's Astonishing Vigeland Sculptures: A Celebration of Human Bodies and the Cycle of Life
Blog posted: 5 November 2010 - How's Europe Doing: The Washington Monthly. Various European health care systems are based on a principle of "people instead of profits." The gentle expression of these magnificent sculptures embodies this principle. The U.S., in sharp contrast, runs a for-profit commercial enterprise embodied in the iconic Wall Street Bull: greedy corporations and CEOs making hundreds of millions of dollars in salaries, bonuses and stocks.
Web exclusive : Steven Hill on Sculptures
for Humanity
Interview (audio): 27 April 2010 - KALW host Ben Trefny. Hill talks about his trip to the Vigeland Sculpture Park in Oslo, Norway. And how his walk in the open air among the larger than life statues of nude individuals, couples, groups, all different ages, all at different stages of life, inspired his inquiry into the European approach to health care.
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