Sun Voyager, Reykjavik

Sun Voyager, Reykjavik (Iceland)

The Sun Voyager is a sculpture by Jn Gunnar rnason located next to the Sbraut road in Reykjavk Iceland. Sun Voyager is described as a dreamboat or an ode to the Sun. The artist intended it to convey the promise of undiscovered territory a dream of hope progress and freedom. The work is constructed of stainless steel and stands on a circle of granite slabs surrounded by so-called town-hall concrete. It was constructed in accordance with Arnasons enlarged full-scale drawing of Sun Voyager and was overseen by his assistant the artist Kristin E. Hrafnsson. The engineering of the sculpture was supervised by the technologist Sigurjn Yngvason in close cooperation with rnason himself and the construction was carried out by Reynir Hjlmtsson and his assistant.