5 quirky art experiences

Canned shit

In his short lifetime, Piero Manzoni created works that challenged traditional art. In 1961, he sealed 90 cans containing his own faeces. One of the cans is now owned by the art museum HEART. The 30 grams of Merda d'Artista was sold at the daily price of the equivalent amount of gold. Discover more Manzoni works at the art museum HEART in Birk near Herning.

The Salmon

On the banks of the Karstoft River - part of the Skjern River system and near Skarrildhus south of Herning - lies an impressive stone sculpture depicting the wild salmon from the Skjern River. Created by Aarhus artist Jørn Rønnau, it stretches 45 metres in length. The salmon is so-called Land Art, an art movement from the 1960s that combines sculpture and landscape architecture.

Endless lamp post

The lamp post at Herning Station towers 32 metres over the viewer. It is an exact replica of the other lamp posts, only on an enlarged scale, and is a work created by the artist group A-Kassen. The lamp post manages to blend in with its surroundings and at the same time stand out. The purpose of the art installation is to marvel, captivate and encourage conversation.

Textile walls

In Brande at Hotel Dalgas, Nina K. Ekman has created a gable mural using leftover yarn from local residents, businesses, and neighbouring carpet factories. The gable painting portrays the Philodendron bipinnatus plant, which normally thrives in warmer environments. The artwork symbolises the duality of nature's ability to adapt to human impact. The artwork consists of 3,745 crocheted and knitted patches.

Lenin in Lund

Near Herning, in a private garden in Lund, is a 4-metre-tall statue of Soviet Bolshevik leader Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. After the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union, all Lenin statues were removed from public squares. Art collector Aage Damgaard had the idea of acquiring one of these statues, and it took almost 10 years to transport it from Jelgava in Latvia to the moors of central Jutland.