Stone & Man - Lithographs — Attraction in Kujalleq

The Stone & Man Project was the creative idea of some 19 Nordic artists from Finland, Sweden, Norway, Iceland and Greenland. Between 1993 and 1994 these artists, including one of Greenland’s leading artists, Aka Hoegh, created an open air art/sculpture gallery comprised of a series of carvings of faces, whales, fish and other traditional designs into boulders and lichen-covered rock faces in the town of Qaqortoq. Originally there were 24 sculptures in the project but over the years more were added and now there are over 40 sculptures spread around the town with most near the...

Really special carvings in the stoe... maybe 50 of them... people, whales, fish. Many using unique features of the stone cliff face for individual faces of Icelanders. On the upper sidewalk behind the souvenir shop across from the tender dock. Get right up close... entry to the right up the street...

Reportedly one of 40+ stone lithographs or sculptures within the town. Our guide challenged us to spend time finding all of them, although he didn't have an exact count. Not especially historic, more of a town beautification sort of thing as i understand it. This...